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Poetry Common Core SL.9-10.2 resources
Romeo and Juliet Unit Plan, Worksheets, Projects, PowerPoints, Essays
UPDATED 7/2022! If you're teaching Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, you need to purchase this massive bundle to help with your unit plan, with more than 85 files and 150+ pages! Included in this bundle:Romeo and Juliet Introductory Presentation, PowerPoint: Context, Themes 112 Romeo and Juliet Task Cards: Quizzes, Discussion Questions, Bell-RingersClose reading passage activitiesIntroduction to Shakespearean Language PowerPointCommon Core aligned unit mapDrama activitiesPrimary source readingsSha
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9th - 12th
War Poems and Poets Presentation & Handouts Distance Learning
The War Poems and Poets Presentation and Handouts covers the following poets and poems: Wilfred Owen's "Dulce Et Decorum Est" and "Anthem for a Doomed Youth;" John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields;" Randall Jarrell's "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner;" and the song comparisons "One" by Metallica and "I Ain't Marching Anymore" by Philip Ochs. This bundle is perfect for distance learning. You can share it with your students and let them work at their own pace.This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Clash of the Gods: Odysseus by The History Channel: Viewing Guide
The History Channel’s Clash of the Gods series includes a comprehensive and worthwhile account of the background of the epic, The Odyssey. Students will see exciting reenactments of the stories with fantastic animations and computer effects to enhance the viewing experience. Expert scholars add commentary. Two different one-hour videos will provide students a supportive context and some fascinating information about the journey. Episode 6 focuses on Odysseus’s journey to Troy up to his experienc
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: The Odyssey Bundle
MyPerspectives British Literature Unit 1: Slides & Creative Handouts (BUNDLE!)
This British Literature unit plan (112 Slides) encapsulates a Beowulf Study and various poetry, all of which express the theme of heroism. The unit allows students to explore the mark of a hero and take a stance on heroism deriving from success OR sacrifice based on the texts in the unit in the form of an end of unit essay assessment. This resource includes do now's, exit tasks, discussion questions, video links, theme-related poetry, as well as an end-of-unit assessment. Students will engage wi
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9th - 12th
Helen of Troy Poetry Study Analysis of Lang Greek Mythology Sub Plan for HS
Looking for a no prep resource that will elevate your students study of Helen of Troy to the next level? This resource will make your life easier. It includes an in-depth analysis of Andrew Lang’s poetry that is sure to engage and inspire your students! With detailed poetry discussion questions and answers that reflect on student’s real life situations, and discuss detailed literary elements in plot, themes, characters, and everything. You’ll have everything you need to guide your students throu
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9th - 12th
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Literary Device Matching Game - Poetic Device Game Cards with Examples - Poetry
Explore poetic devices and engage students with pop-culture references using this Literary Device Matching Game! These poetic device game cards showcase examples from both classic literature and contemporary song lyrics. Includes 16 literary device vocabulary terms and 32 examples.Included with this Literary Device Matching Game:✏️ Literary Device Match-Up Game Cards - Colour & GreyscaleExplore 16 common poetic devices including simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, alliteration, and onomatopo
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5th - 12th
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Halloween: Edgar Allan Poe, Faulkner, Lovecraft, Keats Ekphrastic Poems Werewolf
Halloween unit: William Faulkner "A Rose for Emily", Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, John Keats, Metallica and Nick cave lyric analysis, Werewolf game, Ekphrastic poetry, Anne Sexton, scary stories, poems, lessons, and assignments. Includes:* Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" explores gothic horror and the American Civil War* H. P. Lovecraft's "Pickman's Model" and "Call of Cthulu" explores Cosmic Horror* What is Squamous? H. P. Lovecraft vocabulary unit on "Lovecraftian vocabulary"* Edgar Allen P
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9th - 12th
Asian Literature Unit Plan
This resource (81 Slides) encapsulates Asian literary works of authors from Vietnam, India, China, etc. Students will be taught about the Asian Diaspora and how the literature and even paintings of Asian authors and artists reflect the diaspora. This resource includes creative activities, discussion questions, and links for short stories, interviews, videos, etc. used. BONUS: Includes a literary element mini-lesson where students analyze ten main literary elements.
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9th - 12th
Also included in: World Literature BUNDLE: 4 UNITS ( YEAR LONG)
Dead Poets Society Movie Guide - Viewing Guide, Worksheets, and Quiz
This is a set of resources for viewing the acclaimed movie "Dead Poets Society" in your classroom. The film can be shown in any classroom for the purpose of inspiration, covering the value of poetry, and thinking critically about what makes a true education. The viewing guide is detailed and arranged in time-stamped sections. In addition to filling out the viewing guide questions, students will: Complete discussion questions that can be done individually or in small groups, do a character analys
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8th - 12th
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Halloween Poetry - A Noiseless Patient Spider Poem by Walt Whitman TED Video
Are you looking for a rigorous and engaging Halloween (or anytime) activity that teaches close reading skills, meets many ELA standards, and is ideal for secondary students? Based on the poem “A Noiseless Patient Spider” by Walt Whitman, this lesson includes Poem Analysis with fifteen Words to Know, a coordinating (and very cool) four-minute TED Talk video, a Speaking and Listening activity, a Constructed Response or Multi-paragraph Essay with rubrics for each, which you can choose to include if
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8th - 12th
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Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare: High Interest Paired Passages
If you want to teach a successful unit on Shakespeare’s classic play, it is essential that your students make connections to the ideas and issues that matter to them. These powerful activities will make Romeo and Juliet relevant to your students. This unit of Romeo and Juliet activities focuses on many of the most important themes of the play: teens, gangs, violence, death, and revenge.Get your students writing, discussing, analyzing, and working through the most important and challenging esse
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9th - 12th
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9/11 Poetry Project: The Stories the Artifacts Tell (new for 2021)
Many students often reduce Sept. 11, 2001 merely to facts and dates without understanding the human loss and suffering the attacks caused. This lesson plan guides students to a greater awareness of 9/11 and the human cost it exacted on the United States by linking the terrorist attacks to a single human life. Read my recently updated blog post, The Stories the Artifacts Tell: My 9/11 Poetry Lesson Plan for more background and details. For photos of how a colleague decorated the hallway with thi
Synthesizing "Mercy" by Rudy Francisco and "Allowables" Nikki Giovanni
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7 asks students to synthesize across different mediums. In order to meet this standard, teachers have to choose texts carefully, which takes a lot of time. Teacher have to find texts that suit students' abilities, the needs of the curricular spiral, and that are the appropriate length. On top of that, teachers also have to choose texts with themes, ideas, or topics that appear in multiple mediums. That's a lot of work!To make this process less time consuming, I've put t
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9th - 10th
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Poetry Podcast Activities for High School English
Looking to include more poetry and more podcasts in your classroom? This is the set for you! The focus on podcasts about poetry will be a welcome addition to your class that will help get students more comfortable with poetry. Use these as bell ringers, stand-alone repeatable activities in National Poetry Month or ANYTIME of year, or create a lit circle/learning stations set-up so students explore many poems rather than just one. PRODUCT INCLUDES✅ 4 different podcast worksheets (structured notes
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9th - 12th
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Macklemore's "Wings" paired with Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace"
This is a compilation of the lesson plan and hanouts needed to pair Macklemore's "Wings" with Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace."
Includes:
--anticipation guide
--reading comprehension questions
--pre-discussion sheet for Macklemore feat Ryan Lewis--"Wings"
--directions for the lesson
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9th - 10th
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Walt Whitman Poems Unit & Dead Poets Society Movie Guide - PAIR PACK - CCSS
This is a pair-pack of two complementary resources: Walt Whitman 5-Day Unit and "Dead Poets Society" Movie Guide. The literature unit has students analyze selected poems from Whitman and the movie Dead Poets Society contains themes and quotations from these Walt Whitman poems. You can have students delve into the literature one week and then make it come alive by analyzing the movie the following week. In the movie, the main character Mr. Keating quotes from the poem "O Me! O Life" to his studen
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9th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet Film Analysis (Acts 1-4)
In this bundle, it includes film analyses for acts 1-4. Students will compare Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet with other pop culture movies/shows. These selections are school appropriate. In Act 4, they will model this film analysis by choosing their own clips and drawing comparisons. Feel free to tweak however you like! My students love this activity after reading. This also helps with recall, if they did not obtain all of the information from the readings.
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8th - 12th
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20th Century Poetry Bundle - Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, & Chicano/a Poets
This is a bundle of our poetry units from different kinds of poets in the 20th century: Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and selections from Chicano/a poets (Angela de Hoyos, Ricardo Sanchez, and Lorna Dee Cervantes). Students will learn the literary backgrounds, delve into the context of each author's purpose, read the poems (included), collaborate to answer text-dependent questions, make inferences supported by evidence, and do culminating writing assignments. Each unit has daily lesson plans in
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9th - 12th
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American Voices Unit Plan BUNDLE (American Literature)
This resource is a comprehensive combination of slides (97 slides), activities, do-nows, vocabulary, comprehension check questions, highly engaging writing tasks, mini-lessons, discussion questions, and assessments, making teaching American Voices fun, engaging, and efficient. Texts included in this unit:"Music for My Mother""A Quilt of a Country""American History""The Immigrant Contribution""Rules of the Game""The Writing on the Wall""With a Little Help From My Friends""Morning Talk""Immigrant
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8th - 12th
Walt Whitman & Emily Dickinson - PAIR PACK - 2 Famous 19th Century Poets
This is a pair-pack of two poetry units analyzing selected poems from Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Both poets have been classified by many as 19th century America's most famous and important poets. Both had their similarities in being influenced by groups such as the Transcendentalists, yet each had their own unique style and legacy to leave in the realm of American poetry. Both units are great to assign back-to-back in the course of 2 weeks. Note on Level of Rigor: High school is the targ
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8th - 12th
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To the Queen Poetry Study Analysis of Shakespeare Sub Plan for High School
Looking for a no prep resource that will elevate your students study of To the Queen to the next level? This resource will make your life easier. It includes an in-depth analysis of Shakespeare’s poetry that is sure to engage and inspire your students! With detailed poetry discussion questions and answers that reflect on student’s real life situations, and discuss detailed literary elements in plot, themes, characters, and everything. You’ll have everything you need to guide your students throug
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9th - 12th
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Paint Chip Poetry
This resource is a fun and engaging lesson and activity where students use paint chips to analyze color connotations, develop descriptions using the different shades, and create a poem using the imagery created based on the paint chips.
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6th - 12th
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe - Collaborative Jigsaw Group Activity
Tired of assigning worksheets after students read a poem or short story? Me too! That's why I created this jigsaw activity for students to complete and teach each other essential elements from Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Raven." Included is a detailed teacher's guide for the lesson, and task cards for 8 groups (Narrator, Poem Summary, Theme, Mood & Atmosphere, Rhyme Scheme, Structure, 2 groups of Costa's Levels of Questioning) to create anchor charts/posters/slides - however you choose th
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Story & Poem Bundle
Tone and Mood Unit- Grades 6-10
This resource has been updated on 7/28/16
I created this unit plan to help students understand tone and mood in texts and poems. At the time I created this unit, I taught inclusion English, grade 10. The lessons are appropriate for grades 6-10, and you can easily make adjustments in rigor. Differentiation options are offered within the lessons. You will receive a zip file containing a PDF version of my files, two Power Point presentations, and a few Word documents. There are over 50 pages of ma
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6th - 10th
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Learn more about poetry resources
Poetry encourages students to engage with language, explore their thoughts and feelings, and connect with the broader human experience. If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital poetry resources, look no further. TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
If you want to make poets out of younger students in elementary grades, then acrostic poems or fill in the blank poems are the perfect place to start. (In fact, many poetry resources on TPT include templates so your students can easily get started producing their own poetry, whether it’s a haiku, or limerick.) For older students in middle and high school, you can find an array of resources to teach them about everything from iambic pentameter, figurative language, to famous poets from history. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your students’ poetry skills in no time.
Fun and engaging poetry activities to try
Teaching students about poetry can be an engaging and creative experience. Here are a few ideas for poetry activities that you can find on TPT to help you introduce and explore the world of poetry with your students:
Poetic Device Scavenger Hunt
Distribute some poems and have students identify and highlight poetic devices like similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and imagery. Discuss what these are and the overall impact on the reader's experience.
Poetry Analysis Jigsaw
Divide students into small groups, assigning each group a different poem. Have each group analyze the assigned poem's themes, tone, and literary devices, and present their findings to the class.
Poetry Slam or Performance
Organize a poetry slam where students can perform poems they’ve written themselves or those written by famous poets. This will help build confidence and strengthen their public speaking skills.
Writing Poetry from Different Perspectives
Ask students to write a poem from the perspective of an inanimate object or an animal to foster empathy and encourage creative, out-of-the-box thinking.
Creating Found Poetry
Provide magazines, newspapers, or online articles. Have students cut out interesting words and phrases, and use them to create their own unique poems.
These (and other!) activities can help deepen your students’ appreciation for poetry and enhance their creative writing skills.
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