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High school poetry handouts for Easel
Creative Writing Poetry - 50 Formulas to Help Students Write Poems
Creative Writing Poetry 911: First Aid for Writing Poetry * Now over 50 Formulas for Helping Students Write Original PoemsThis IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.This student aid and handouts bundle features OVER 50 formulas for writing poetry. If you have students who struggle with creativity (excellent for L.D. students, as well as dominant left-brained thinkers), these formulas are excellent. Even the most uncreative student will be able to write poetry.
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7th - 12th
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Ted Talk If I Should Have A Daughter by Sarah Kay Activity and Discussion Guide
This activity for the Ted Talk delivered by spoken word poet Sarah Kay, compels your high school ELA kids to think about what is "true" to them. Although the speaker is advocating for using poetry as communication, her grander message is that before embarking on any journey, everyone must say, "I can do this." She sends a poignant message about self-awareness, being genuine, and expressing oneself. This activity compels students to reflect on Sarah Kay's poignant message. No prep. Printable
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Ted Talks Reflection Activities for Four Talks by Fabulous Females
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Alliteration Packet + Test (Digital Enabled!)
This worksheet packet and test are all about helping students quickly and effectively nail the art of understanding/using figurative language!- Page 1: Simple clear definitions of Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, and Personification are paired with easy to understand examples. Students are tasked with providing two of their own examples as guided practice.- Page 2: Eighteen example sentences are listed and students practice identifying which type of figurative language is used in each.- Page 3: G
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5th - 9th
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Song, Poem Paired Text Analysis Lessons - "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou, Tupac
Literary analysis is less intimidating with these paired text analysis lesson plans for Maya Angelou's poem and Tupac's song "Still I Rise." Detailed, CCSS-aligned lesson plans integrate close reading, text-based writing, and research skills, making this digital & print resource both engaging and worthwhile. There are three lesson plans in this product that build upon each other. The timing of the activities may be adjusted to fit the needs of your classroom/students, and one “lesson” may a
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9th - 12th
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Slam Poetry Close Reading Analysis Questions for Middle School and High School
Slam Poetry Comprehension and Analysis Questions for 18 different spoken word poems will give you a variety of “go to” slam poems that are engaging, yet challenging for students. With a blend of spoken word comprehension, analysis, and response questions, with multiple choice and short answer formats, you can help students to be accurate and perceptive, analytical and connected audience members. Complete with detailed answer keys, this no-prep resource is perfect for differentiation, extension,
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9th - 12th
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Dead Poets Society (1989): Complete Movie Guide
This 20-question movie guide will help your students stay focused during this powerful and inspirational movie. This guide comes with a copy of Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" poem. Lastly students are given a task to write a poem. This movie guide comes with an answer key. Ready to print and ready to use! Enjoy!You might also be interested in these products:Remember the Titans - Complete Movie GuideThe Ron Clark Story - Complete Movie GuideSpare Parts - Complete Movie Guide (2015)
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8th - 12th
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Similes and Metaphors Comic With Activities
Students love exploring the fun of similes and metaphors because they use them everyday. But how do they work? And can students pick them out when they see them? This comic about similes and metaphors presents these important literary devices in a fun and entertaining way. In addition to the comic, there are activities that reinforce the concept of similes and metaphors in a variety of ways:- an activity where students create their own similes and metaphors from a list of words-a "real life" art
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7th - 12th
"Mean" by Taylor Swift: Similes, Inferences, Imagery with Anti-Bullying Message
Using Taylor Swift’s award-winning song, “Mean,” you can teach and solidify for students what is
1. Simile
2. Inference
3. Imagery
I have also included an anti-bullying message or a random acts of kindness activity for students to complete. This can be reported on through discussion, journal writing and/or a short essay. Enjoy this timely lesson with your students and please check out my store for more lesson plans.
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5th - 12th
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"War Horse" Movie and World War I Poetry Common Core Activities
"War Horse" Movie and World War I Poetry Common Core ActivitiesTo enrich your students' readings of the war poets, have them watch "War Horse" (PG-13) and make comparisons of the imagery and tone while practicing skills such as annotating text in classic poems.Download includes teacher's guide/directions, standard alignment, sample answers, questions for before, during, and after the movie, poems for annotation, and a collaborative writing enrichment project.One week of engaging activities - per
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8th - 12th
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Sonnets: Critique & Create, Lesson & Handouts; Google Classroom & PDF
Google Classroom added in 2020 This product is now available in two formats, printable and Google Classroom. The Google Classroom version includes all student handouts. Answer keys are kept separate on the printable version. The printable version has remained the same.Sonnets Lesson Plan: Students can stomp it, shout it, and get the beat while grappling with the challenge of iambic pentameter in Sonnets: Critique & Create. This set of lessons, guides, and handouts provides detailed instruct
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7th - 12th
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Poem and Song Lyric Analysis - Paired Texts Lesson Plans for High School English
Make text analysis less intimidating with these detailed, CCSS-aligned lesson plans high school English teachers are loving! Paired texts lessons (William Ernest Henley's poem "Invictus" and Imagine Dragons' song "Whatever it Takes") integrate close reading, text-based writing, speaking, listening, and research skills, making this resource both engaging and worthwhile. *Due to copyright, only the text of "Invictus" is provided in this resource. I have linked to the other texts which are readily
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8th - 11th
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Halloween Poetry Analysis Writing Prompts or Bell Ringers
Use these bell-ringer prompts to give students practice reading and analyzing poems quickly. Each handout requires students to provide theme topics, theme statements, and text support for their responses. There are five Halloween-themed poems in total. (Analyze one a day for a full week of poetry or give one poem a week for five weeks of poetry.) Furthermore, for an extension activity, students can choose their own poems and use the blank template to analyze them. If desired, use the varying di
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Poetry Bell Ringers Bundle
Poetry Rhyming Worksheet. Rhyme. ELA. ESL. EFL. Poem. Phonics.
4 simple worksheets to challenge students to make/write a second line that rhymes. One worksheet includes an answer key. Students are challenged to finish the famous rhymes correctly. Or do it and challenge students to come up with their own finish on the famous lines. After, share with the class. I'm sure they'll be some great ones! **Includes an assessment where students are quizzed on which words rhyme.ESL, EFL, ESOL, worksheets, poem, poetry, rhyme, vocabulary, topic, learning English, pr
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sonnets: Notes on Form
This is a set of print-and-go notes on Sonnets. There is one page of guided notes which can be used to pull the essential elements from Thomas C. Foster's chapter “If It's Square It's a Sonnet” (from How to Read Poetry Like a Professor or the first edition of How to Read Literature Like a Professor) or can be used with lecture notes. It is not necessary to have access to Foster's text to use this lesson. Students can then practice sonnet analysis on two sonnets.This is part of a Sonnets Mini
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10th - 12th
Dorothea Mackellar MY COUNTRY Australian Poetry Close Reading Workshop
Poetry Analysis Workshop for close reading activity with Australian Poet Dorothea Mackellar's poem 'My Country'. This great Australian poem is perfect for looking at the fantastic and varied Australian landscape, which is both terrifyingly harsh and amazingly beautiful.Workshop takes 2-3 lessons. This great poem analysis can be printed in a small booklet. Perfect for snippets of analytical thinking and textual analysis practice between other units, or for a reliever or substitute teacher - every
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9th - 12th
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Practice Writing Extended Metaphors (Similes & Metaphors) (Creative Writing)
This is a six-page product that gives students various ways to access (and then create) Extended Metaphors (and Similes). It starts with a quick and easy, one-page worksheet to kickstart students in their creative writing. There are seventeen metaphor stems which students have to fill out (e.g., Freedom is _____________.) After completing the worksheet, students share with a partner, but also choose their favourite three as the basis for writing extended metaphors (e.g., Freedom is a summer's
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7th - 12th
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Paired Texts Song Lyric Analysis Close Reading Lesson Plans - High School ELA
Engage students with song lyric analysis in paired texts: Carrie Underwood's "Cry Pretty" and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Growing Up." Detailed, CCSS-aligned plans integrate close reading of song lyrics, text-dependent-analysis, writing, speaking, listening, and inquiry skills, making this comprehensive resource both engaging and worthwhile. There are 3 lesson plans in this product that build upon each other. Each lesson plan has an opener, writer’s notebook activity, and opportunity for textu
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8th - 11th
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Poetry Analysis Bell Ringers Thanksgiving - Poems for Autumn and Fall Activity
Students analyze themes in poems quickly with these graphic organizers that can be used at warm-up activities. Each handout requires students to provide theme topics, theme statements, and text support for their responses. There are five poems and bell-ringers that are perfect for the autumn and Thanksgiving seasons. (These could last one week or five weeks depending on how you use them). If desired, use the varying difficulty of the poems to differentiate for student abilities and needs, makin
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Poetry Bell Ringers Bundle
Personification Comic with Activities Featuring William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth Explains Personification: Poetry Comics Activities Included
This comic teaches students the concept of personification using Wordsworth's poem "Daffodils." The comic and poem are accompanied by questions as well as a second poem with activities.
If you like this resource, you might be interested in these:
Parts of Speech: Grammar Bundle
Sentence Problems (Common Writing Mistakes)
Middle School Language Arts Bundle
Vocabulary Cartoons: Roots and Affixes
Poetry Comics Bundl
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7th - 10th
Poetry Unit Student Booklet - Middle School
This Poetry Booklet for Middle School Students is a great place for students to record information about the poetry they study. They are asked to find several different kinds of poems, given a list of poets to research information about, write a short biography and create a bibliography This booklet encourages students to look at different kinds of poetry and is a good tool for you to use for assessment.You may also like:Middle School Poetry UnitMiddle School Dictionary Skills - Notes and Prac
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7th - 9th
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Poetic Devices Poetry Writing Worksheets - Alliteration, Assonance, Rhyme
Fun poem writing & slam poetry writing worksheets focus on poetic devices such as alliteration, consonance, assonance, and rhyme - to create a dominant impression or tone in student poetry. The rhyming strategies handout teaches students about cross-rhyme, internal rhyme, interlaced rhyme, linked rhyme, and near or "slant" rhyme. Sound charts and detailed teacher notes, as well as examples and practice exercises will help you teach students to identify and practice each sound strategy. Build
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8th - 11th
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Poetry Bell Ringers for Christmas and Winter Season - Poem Warm Ups - Bellwork
Use these poetry analysis prompts to help students improve their reading comprehension and give them practice reading and interpreting poems quickly. Each handout requires students to provide theme topics, theme statements, and text support for their responses. Poems feature topics and themes for Christmas, New Year's, and the holiday season. There are five classic poems and bell ringers with accompanying answer keys. (Depending on how you use them, these could last one week or five weeks.) I
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Poetry Bell Ringers Bundle
Collaborative activity, poetry writing, fun stuff, creative writing, printables
Do your students get a look of trepidation when you announce they’ll be studying poetry? Worse yet, do they groan and sigh? Students sometimes react this way because they have learned that the reading and writing of poetry is difficult and frustrating. But the study of poetry doesn’t have to be this way. I like to ease my students into the reading and writing of poetry by having them first play with words. This is a fun, engaging activity that results in surprisingly effective writing.
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9th - 12th
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Finding Central Idea in a Text Using Poetry of Robert Frost
My students struggle to find central ideas that are true central idea statements. This pack includes anchor charts for students' notebooks to help them identify central idea and practice connecting it to writer's craft using the poetry of Robert Frost. Since poetry is very compact, it allows students to really focus both on central idea and how it is conveyed through craft. This 4-5 day mini-unit includes4 day unit outlinefour anchor charts (one for writing central idea statements, one for ma
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9th - 11th
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Also included in: Central Idea Bundle
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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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There are many different types of poetry resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular poetry lessons include learning how to write haikus, acrostic poems, limericks, and free verse.
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