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High School Poetry Unit | 4 Weeks | Poetry Bundle | Analyzing & Writing Poems
This resource is a FULL POETRY UNIT for High School English, Grades 9-12!You will get a collection of various lessons, activities, and projects, plus an awesome digital escape room, and final test! I've also included a schedule for teachers to follow day-by-day! This bundle is so diverse and your students will read at least 18 different poems within this unit!Included in this high school poetry unit bundle:Introduction Poetry Lesson & Guided NotesThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Poem Close Readi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Cornell Notes Templates (AVID)
Cornell Notes are an excellent way for students to take notes and create their own study guides.
I created this version of Cornell Notes for two reasons- I found that my students needed larger lines to write in and I felt that students might also benefit from an unlined template.
This download contains these two versions- the lined version uses grey lines (a lot easier on the eyes!) as well as a blank version.
Using Cornell Notes or not, students will all take notes in their own unique way, a
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Introduction to Poetry Analysis - student notes and guided practice
Poetry analysis can be daunting for any student (and teacher), so ease the fear with this Introduction to Poetry Power Point. Great to use to start off a poetry unit or introducing the Poetry Analysis Essay to AP Literature students. Covers basic poetry terms and definitions, and guides students in practicing using the terms. After this PPT, students will be ready for the Types of Poetry PPT, in which they will learn different forms of poetry, read an example poem of each type, and analyze each
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The DATA DETECTIVE by Tim Harford READING JOURNAL for Adult Learners/College/AP!
The Data Detective* by Tim Harford is a fantastic book published in early 2021 and revised a year later to integrate some statistics involving COVID19. Not for the faint of heart or for most high-school students, it most easily fits into university classes related to critical thinking, data analysis, marketing, psychology, economics, statistics, and rhetoric, and may work for AP Lang/Stats/Psych/or Micro/Macroeconomics, or in classes with adult learners. It is so incredibly useful that I devoure
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12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Beowulf Pre-Reading, Comprehension, Themes, Writing, Epic Hero
To be used with the classic piece, Beowulf, as a great introduction of the context, themes, & modern relavency of the epic poem.Includes:*Google Slide Show*Video clips*Discussion & writing opportunities*Article, "Beowulf: The Enduring Appeal of an Anglo-Saxon 'Superhero Story'" with close reading questions*Student guided note sheetIf you enjoyed this product, please visit my store for other engaging resources & follow me on Pinterest!Credits:Slides to GoBBC News
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Beowulf Bundle Webquest, Close Reading, Lesson, Assessments
Romantic Era - Early American Literary Movement Series, part III
This literature unit on the Romantic era is the third in a series of the American Literary movements which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Following the the Age of Reason, which instituted a rationalism that sometimes went beyond its own boundaries, the Romantic writers rebirthed the ideals of: intuition, imagination, individuality and nature as a source of inspiration. Invoking the pas
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9th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sonnet 138 William Shakespeare — Sonnet Lesson, Guided Notes, & Writing Activity
Teach your students all about Sonnets with a unique analysis of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 138. 1) First, use the Powerpoint presentation to familiarize your students with:Sonnet definition and structureShakespearean SonnetsPetrarchan SonnetsSpenserian SonnetsMiltonic SonnetsIambic pentameterVoltaTwo-part thematic StructureRhyme SchemeGuided notes worksheet included!2) Then, have your students analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 138 by answering comprehension and literary analysis questions. Answer k
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Petrarchan Sonnet Close Reading 'Thou art indeed just, Lord...'Hopkins Ap Lit
This resource can be used in several ways in and out of the AP/DE Lit classroom, such as a scaffold, independent work, group work, or jigsaw. An answer key is provided with an example of literary analysis. The second side of this resource can serve as the formative assessment, asking the student to rewrite the sonnet in their language. This resource fosters comprehension, critical thinking, and analytical abilities. The sheet seamlessly guides students through the necessary six steps of close re
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Warm-Up with Irregular Verbs and Conjugation Fun!!
Are you ready for sparks to fly in your language class? Do you want to give your more advanced students more of a challenge?Download this set of nine PPTs and you're going to see engagement, excitement, collaboration and critical thinking all at once! For the first 5-minutes of each class, in chorus, students go through the paces of conjugating these simple to more challenging terms and you're going to be amazed at their confidence as the weeks go by and participation increases. Watch the attach
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Warm-Up Classical Literature with Tabu
How would you like your students to LOVE classical literature?What would you do if they BEGGED you to choose another?This WARM-UP - that you can use as a review as well - is going to make you the hero of all your students! Based on Tabu, you have a ready-to-go set of cards for The Odyssey, with a template so that you can create another set - as quickly as it takes to say 'Don Quixote' - for any future classics you have planned. More fun and more critical thinking than you can imagine!Classic lit
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
"Tower" Documentary (2016): Guided Discussion on School Shooting & Gun Violence
This is an excellent film for Secondary students as it builds understanding, empathy and critical thinking about school shootings. It is also beautiful, poetic and serious. "Tower" (2016), an animated documentary, tells the story of a sniper attack that took place in a clock tower on August 1st, 1966 at the University of Texas of Austin. The film recreates the events through real footage, survivor reports and dramatized scenes. The genre is inventive and surprising.The event at the University of
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Eco Fashion: DEBATE with TEMPLATES
Fashion Discourse: Fast Fashion vs Slow Fashion - Debate Toolkit: Engage your high school students in a dynamic exploration of the fast fashion versus slow fashion debate with this comprehensive and ready-to-use toolkit. This resource is designed to facilitate an enriching classroom experience, allowing students to delve into the complexities of the fashion industry, its environmental impact, and societal implications.Key Features: 1. Debate Procedure Guide: A step-by-step guide for teachers out
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Eco Fashion BUNDLE
Letter to Students About Grades to Review Ethos, Pathos, & Logos with a Chart
Dear Fellow Teacher, Thank you for considering this item. This has proven to be an effective way to teach ethos, pathos, and logos to my freshmen. I wrote this letter and created the chart after receiving multiple requests for extra credit from students who did not submit their assignments. did not come in for extra help, and did not use their class time to get their work done. Prior to reading the letter, I instructed students to take out the notes they took two weeks earlier. We then reviewed
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Introduction to Social Justice - Notes Slides
Give your students a brief introduction to social justice - what it is, how to recognize it, and why we care. This lesson takes an entire 45 minute class period and can be edited to fit your needs.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Harlem Renaissance - American Literary Movement Series, part VI
This literature unit on the Harlem Renaissance is the sixth in the American Literary movement series which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Between 1915 and 1970 over six million African Americans migrated from the southern states to northern cities like Philadelphia, New York and Chicago to seek out a new life. Concentrated in specific neighborhoods, such as Harlem, some members of the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Introductory Paragraphs
This common core composition mini-unit provides instruction materials, as well as scaffolded activities teaching how to write an introductory paragraph. This mini-unit is one of four which also include: thesis statements, body paragraphs and conclusion paragraphs. All of the paragraph lessons apply the classic story "Three Skeleton Key" as the model. The materials include: the lesson plan, a PDF powerpoint for instruction, guided notes, and a scaffolded worksheet for practice.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Post-Modernism - American Literary Movement Series, part VIII
This literature unit on the Post-Modern era is the eighth and final unit in the American Literary movement series which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Following modernism, the post-modern movement emerged within the genetic codes of modern thinking, where the world had been broken off from more permanent concepts of truth. Post-modernism is akin to structuralism which states that trut
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Harlem Renaissance Common Core Poetry
This is a brochure common core lesson on two poems from the Harlem Renaissance. The two sheets can be printed back-to-back so that students may fold them like a brochure. Once it is folded students can look at one poem while answering questions about it and then flip to the next poem and answer questions about it before proceeding to the culminating question. This brochure analyzes "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes beside "Harlem Wine" by Countee Cullen. I completed this activity w
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Body Paragraph composition
This composition mini-unit demonstrates the structure of body paragraphs based on a literature essay from the classic short story "Three Skeleton Key" by George G. Toudouze. The unit includes the PDF powerpoint, guided notes, highlighting activity, and body paragraph graphic organizer. The key for the highlighted paragraphs is included in the PDF powerpoint.
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7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Poetry Mini Unit! Teach Tone & Mood with "I Hear America Singing" & "America"!
Mood and tone are notoriously hard to teach, but Claude McKay's "America" and Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" provide a remarkable opportunity, given the authors' contrasting experiences with the United States.In these powerful poems, the topic is the same--the United States of America--but each speaker's attitude (the tone) towards his home is sharply different from the other's. In addition, each text provides a visceral mood that students will be able to easily identify--I used them wi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Growing *MEGA-LITERATURE BUNDLE!* Cornell Notes, Graphic Orgs., MS/HS!
Figurative Language & Poetic Devices PPT
This PPT presentation is an excellent overview of what figurative language is, and how it is used in written and oral communication. It reviews 16 figurative language techniques including metaphor, idiom, irony and 10 poetic devices including assonance/consonance, rhyme and symbolism. The cloze notes for the presentation are included separately so students have a copy of the notes without having to write everything down.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Identifying Poetic Devices in THREE engaging texts!
Transcendentalism - Early American Literary Movement Series, part IV
This literature unit on the Transcendental era is the fourth in a series of the American Literary movements which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Following the Age of Reason and Romantic Era, the nascent Transcendental movement marries the mystery and spirit of creation, and its influence on humanity through sensory intake, with rationalism. As the literary movement matured inside the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Realism - American Literary Movement Series, part V
This literature unit on Realism is the fifth in the series from the American Literary movement, which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. As a reaction against Romanticism and Transcendentalism, Realism was given philosophical ground through German Idealism, American pragmatism, economic theories and further, it was assigned social obligations by the progressive movements. While the Romant
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Daddy" by Sylvia Plath: Poetry Close Reading and Guided Response
Lesson Title:“Daddy” by Sylvia Plath: Poetry Close Reading and Guided Response What’s Behind the Lesson: In Sylvia Plath’s dramatic poem, “Daddy” the speaker compares her struggle with her patriarchal father to the suffering of Holocaust victims. Many critics have taken issue with the analogy. Plath’s gift to readers is the willingness to explore cruelty and depression, through the use of repetition and even nursery rhyme. Read aloud to your students and ask them to show their thinking with th
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Poetry Bundle: 9 Poems + Poetry Task Cards + Project - DISTANCE LEARNING
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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.
Frequently asked questions about teaching poetry
What types of poetry resources are available on TPT?
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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