Cut, Paste, Create: Crafting Unique Verses While Learning the Elements of Poetry

This full poetry lesson plan makes words come alive with a hands-on and hilarious cut-n-paste activity. Foster a deeper understanding of poetic elements with a tactile experience reinforced by discussion prompts and worksheets. Invite your elementary age learners to explore poetic styles while having a lot of fun along the way!

What's Included:

• Crafting Poetry: Engage your class with a cut-and-paste activity, crafting their own poems using jumbled up versions of classics from Laura Elizabeth Richards, Lewis Carroll, and Ogden Nash.
• Dynamic Poetry Exploration: Learn about the primary elements of poetry and literary devices frequently seen in poems. From sonnets to haikus, your class can explore the diversity of poetic expression.
• Supplementary Materials: A rich array of resources is included to reinforce student understanding, including a poetry crossword puzzle, poetry word scramble, poetry word search, poetry unit recap quiz, vocabulary vault, and even more worksheets.

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Key Learning Objectives:

• Explore various forms and structures of poetry.
• Express creativity through hands-on crafting and word manipulation.
• Understand and apply literary devices while creating original poems.
• Encouraging self-expression.
• Finding ways to use the elements of poetry in tabletop gaming.

Target Audience:

Cut, Paste, Create is ideal for educators, homeschoolers, and poetry enthusiasts seeking to engage elementary age students in an immersive approach to poetry appreciation and creation.