Valentine's Day Poetry Writing, Annotation, Comprehension & Worksheets Bundle

This Common Core Aligned resource includes four poems: "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning, "A Valentine" by Lewis Carroll, "A Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe, and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh. Including 71 worksheet pages and 35 google slides, these poetry activities are the perfect, no-prep way to support your middle or high school students' reading comprehension and understanding of poetry terms, while inspiring them to write their own poems that are ideal for bulletin boards or classroom displays! Engaging stanza-by-stanza writing prompts will encourage even your most reluctant students to write their own poems!

This resource will guide your students through a deep analysis of the featured poems by prompting students to annotate and answer reading comprehension questions about the texts. Stanza-by-stanza writing prompts then encourage students to use the literary devices they have explored to write their own poems. Beautifully illustrated handouts are ideal for bulletin boards or classroom displays!

⭐ Share the love of reading and writing poetry with your students this Valentine's Day and save 20% versus buying these resources separately!

⭐ Looking for more poetry resources? Check out my Winter Poetry Writing Activities Mega Bundle Unit with resources for Christmas, Valentine's Day, New Year's, Black History Month, and more!

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This bundle includes:

Passionate Shepherd Valentine's Poetry Bundle Writing, Comprehension, and Display: Includes the complete text of "A Passionate Shepherd to His Love and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd."

⭐ Includes 41 illustrated pages that give students at every level the support they need to master skills and standards such as:  

• Identifying and Analyzing Alliteration, Assonance, Anaphora, Enjambment, Hyperbole, Metaphor, Quatrain, Rhyme Scheme, Stanza and Repetition
• Exploring Speaker and Parody

This resource includes:

⭐ One page Note to the Teacher with tips and suggestions for using this resource

⭐ Two pages that include a beautifully illustrated full texts of the poems

⭐ One page list of Poetry Terms to Know

⭐ Two pages with the full text of the poems and Annotation Prompts

⭐ One page with Four Reading Comprehension Questions

⭐ Six pages that provide step-by-step directions to guide students through pre-writing and drafting their own poems. These pages help students:

• Create a speaker and rhyme scheme for their poems
• Identify poetry techniques to use in their own writing
• Follow stanza by stanza prompts to write their own poems

⭐ Four pages provide beautifully illustrated lined and blank options for students to plan, draft, revise and publish their writing. Completed poems are ideal for creating quick bulletin boards or in-class displays! 

⭐ Four handouts provide extra elements for use in classroom bulletin boards and displays.

⭐ Twenty pages repeat all pages (except the note for teacher) in low ink, black and white options for printing.

"A Valentine" by Carroll Poetry Writing, Annotation, Comprehension, Activity, Display

⭐ Includes 23 beautifully illustrated pages that give students at every level the support they need to master skills and standards such as:  

• Identifying and Analyzing Alliteration, Anaphora, Enjambment, Personification, Rhythm, and Repetition
• Exploring Speaker and Point of View

This resource includes:

⭐ One page Note to the Teacher with tips and suggestions for using this resource

⭐ Two pages that include a beautifully illustrated full text of the poem

⭐ One page list of Poetry Terms to Know

⭐ Two pages with the full text of the poem and Annotation Prompts

⭐ One page with Four Reading Comprehension Questions

⭐ Eight pages that provide step-by-step directions to guide students through pre-writing and drafting their own poems. These pages help students:

• Create a speaker and theme for their poems
• Identify poetry techniques to use in their own writing
• Follow stanza by stanza prompts to write their own poems

⭐ Six pages provide beautifully illustrated lined and blank options for students to plan, draft, revise and publish their writing. Completed poems are ideal for creating quick bulletin boards or in-class displays! 

⭐ Two handouts provide extra headline banners, birds, and flying envelope elements for use in classroom bulletin boards and displays.

Valentine's Poetry Unit, Google Slides, Annotation, and Worksheets- "My Last Duchess," includes:

⭐ A 35-slide Google Slide or PDF presentation that covers the following information:

• Teaching Instructions
• Full Text of Poem
• Pre-Reading Questions
• Introductory Information about Dramatic Monologue, Inference, Enjambment, Rhymed Couplets, Iambic Pentameter, and Style
• Terms to Know
• Full Text Of The Poem Chunked with Color-Coded Lines for Class Discussion
• Stanza by Stanza Questions and Answers with Presentation Notes about Key Points for No Prep Instruction
• Extension Writing Assignments 

⭐ 7 Worksheet Annotation and Response Pages

• 3 Annotation Pages with 20 Questions from the presentation on the left and blank space for answers and additional notes on the right 
• 2 Annotation Pages with the full text of the poem on the left and blank space on the right for students to annotate independently
• 1 Notes Page for students to write Terms to Know and Definitions 
• 1 “My Last Duchess” Details Worksheet

This resource gives students at all levels the support they need to master skills and standards like:

• Making predictions
• Participating in Class Discussions
• Learning Vocabulary
• Annotating Text
• Making Text-Based Inferences and Analysis
• Understanding Poetic Form (dramatic monologue, enjambment, rhymed couplets, iambic pentameter, stanzas)
• Identifying Symbolism and Theme
• Exploring Point of View
• Writing Poetry

⭐ Calm the chaos and give yourself the gift of free time this Valentine's Day and all year long by inspiring your student writers with this bundle today!

This resource is ideal for whole class, pair/share, small group, or individual instruction. Step-by-step prompts encourage students to work independently so that these lessons can easily be left for use with a substitute. 

Stressed about an upcoming observation? This rigorous and fun poetry resource provides everything you need to impress your administration.

Need to chunk step-by-step writing instruction for students with IEPs, 504s, or your ESL students? Let this resource make poetry writing accessible for all.

Want to inspire your AP or Honors students? Distribute the poems and annotation pages as independent work and watch your students' creativity come alive as they write their own model poems.

Have a homeschooler or student on bedside instruction? This resource works perfectly for self-paced independent study or one-on-one tutoring.  

Are you the advisor for your middle or high school poetry club or literary journal? Use this poetry resource as a fun framework for your club meetings.

⭐ This resource is perfect for:

• Whole class instruction
• Pair/share partner work
• Small group writing workshops
• Individualized instruction
• Independent study
• Bulletin board and classroom displays
• Homework
• Substitute work
• Students on bedside instruction
• Poetry workshops
• Poetry clubs
• Home school students and home school co-ops groups
• British Literature classes
• Announced and unannounced observations

⭐ This resource includes handouts that make this lesson accessible, yet rigorous, for students at every level. This resource is appropriate for:

• Students in grades 5-12
• ESL students
• Students with IEP and 504 accommodations
• Inclusion classes
• Basic Skills classes
• Honors students
• AP classes  

⭐ Looking for more poetry resources? Check out my Winter/Snow/New Year's/Christmas Holiday Poetry Annotation and Writing Bundle and this Valentine Poetry Annotation/Worksheets/Google Slides/Activity Bundle ELA that includes "A Valentine" by Carroll and "My Last Duchess" by Browning.

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