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8th grade poetry worksheets under $5
Back to School Activities / Beginning of the Year Activity - My Life in 30 Words
Looking for a unique and challenging "get to know you" activity? Try this autobiographical poem with your students that must be exactly 30 words long! It's a great way to learn about and connect with your students for back to school. This resource encourages students to think about what truly makes them unique, as they tackle the challenge of using only 30 words. This activity makes a fun classroom display for Back to School or Meet the Teacher Night! Students love to read what others have c
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Poetry Activities Writing, Analysis and Review Poetry Unit
How to Read a Poem Introduction to Poetry & Poetic Terms PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Use this attention-grabbing 32-slide lecture (downloads in both Prezi & Google Slides format) and accompanying handouts to pull even your most reluctant students into a study of poetry. Begin by piquing your students’ interest in poetry by comparing the art form to song lyrics. Then, present a concrete, 9-step process to help any student decode any poem.These lesson materials include a guided note handout (with answer key) that will help focus students’ listening and serve as a reference she
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8th - 11th
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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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Figurative Language - Similes and Metaphors
This is an 18 question worksheet that focuses on similes and metaphors only. Students are required to identify each statement as either a simile or a metaphor. Then they must circle the two things that are being compared. This is a good way to check for understanding. ♦FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE BUNDLE NOW AVAILABLE♦Save 50% Figurative Language Bundle Save 50%♦Check out other FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE resources♦Figurative Language - Similes and their MeaningFigurative Language - Similes and MetaphorsFigurati
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2nd - 10th
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Figurative Language - Personification Worksheet
Figurative LanguageThis is an 18 question worksheet that focuses on personification. Students are required to identify what is being personified and how. Students underline the idea, object, or animal being personified and then circle the verb/ what they're doing that makes it an example of personification.♦FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE BUNDLE NOW AVAILABLE♦Save 50% Figurative Language Bundle Save 50%♦Check out other FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE resources♦Figurative Language - Similes and their MeaningFigurative L
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2nd - 8th
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Figurative Language Worksheet Set of 12, Middle Grades for Common Core
Figurative Language Worksheet Set of 12, Middle Grades for Common Core
This Figurative Language is Reading Candy Worksheet Set includes 12 worksheets and answer keys ready for you to use in your classroom. Download the preview file for a free simile worksheet and answer key that you can use right away.
Here is what's included:
Similes: Analyze and Complete
Metaphors: Analyze and Explain
Similes & Metaphors: Sort and Convert (2 pages)
Hyperbole: Analyze and Complete
Idioms: Analyze and Writ
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4th - 9th
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Fingerprint Poetry Writing Template Grades 4-12, Unique writing, Back to School
Have you noticed that students love to experiment with writing in all different directions (nonlinear text)? Our eyes are attracted to text that 'moves.' For Fingerprint Poetry, your student gets to create a poem or free flow text about the one thing they know they most about - themselves! Fingerprints, like students, are all unique. So what makes YOU unique? Here is your chance to share it with the world!Included:* Description of Fingerprint Poetry* 16 writing ideas + 5 ways to get really creat
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3rd - 12th
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Figurative Language Practice Worksheet
Figurative LanguageThis is a 21 question worksheet/quiz in which students must identify each statement as the following: similemetaphoridiomonomatopoeiapersonificationalliterationhyperboleExamples: Its raining cats and dogs. The rain kissed me on the cheek.♦FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE BUNDLE NOW AVAILABLE♦Save 50% Figurative Language Bundle Save 50% ♦Check out other FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE resources♦Figurative Language - Similes and their MeaningFigurative Language - Similes and MetaphorsFi
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2nd - 10th
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Pop Music Song Lyrics and Classic Poetry, Compare & Contrast, PDF & Google Drive
Use this two-day poetry lesson to help your students connect modern music/song lyrics to classic poetry. On the first day, students will compare and contrast the song, “Stereo Hearts,” by Gym Class Heroes, to Robert Burns’ classic poem, “A Red, Red Rose.” Both poems use simile and metaphor to describe the feeling of falling in love. On the second day, students will compare and contrast The Script’s song, “Breakeven,” with Edmund Spenser’s “Sonnet 30,” as both works discuss the paradox of emotion
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8th - 11th
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Figurative Language in Song Lyrics Assignment - Music Poetry Activity
Engage your students in poetry by having them label figurative language in song lyrics with these fun assignments. Students will read excerpts from popular songs and label figurative language examples of metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, pun, oxymoron & more. This fun activity allows students to demonstrate their understanding of poetic devices by recognizing figurative language in song lyrics! This is included in the following bundles:>>> Poetry Resource B
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7th - 10th
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Kobe Bryant Dear Basketball Poem — Analysis & Paired Text Michael Jordan Letter
Students LOVE reading and analyzing Kobe Bryant's "Dear Basketball" Poem. In this activity, they will complete a Poem Analysis & Compare/Contrast Paired Text Activity. The paired text students will look at is Michael Jordan's 2003 Retirement Letter, also titled "Dear Basketball."In 2015, Bryant announced his retirement through “Player’s Tribune” in a poem titled “Dear Basketball.” In the poem, Bryant shares his love for the sport with the world. Bryant later earned an Academy Award for Best
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6th - 10th
Poetry Study: Tupac Shakur's "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"
This poetry study asks students to identify personification, alliteration, metaphors and symbolism in Tupac Shakur's poem, "The Rose that Grew from Concrete." Also, students must identify the speaker, the audience, and the purpose of the poem as well as provide connections. The first page of this bundle is a brief biography of Tupac's life in order to give students a context for the extended metaphor in the poem. Additionally, a key for the poetry study sheet is included.
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8th - 11th
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Thanksgiving Figurative Language Assignments - Literary Devices Activity
Thanksgiving Figurative Language Assignments - Bring Thanksgiving into your middle and high school English class while also teaching common figurative language and literary devices used in poetry or fiction. These three ready-to-use figurative language assignments include a variety of Thanksgiving-themed sentences that incorporate an example of metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, oxymoron, or onomatopoeia! An answer key is provided to easily mark or review the assignments with stude
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7th - 10th
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The Road Not Taken | Reading Comprehension Unit | Robert Frost
Everything you need to teach "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost (with full text) is included in this printable and digital lesson! This Common Core aligned NO PREP poetry unit includes vocabulary development, text-based comprehension questions, literary analysis, an assessment, and a culminating writing task to ensure student understanding of “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost.This resource can be completed on paper or online with laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or any device that supports G
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5th - 8th
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Poetry Analysis, Poetry Autopsy Activity: "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
Help your students to finally grasp what it means to peel back the layers of challenging poetry analysis with Poetry Autopsies! In this Poetry Autopsy collaborative analysis project, students work together to first paraphrase Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem "Annabel Lee" on the surface level of a giant poster. Then, students literally peel back the layers of their collaborative poster answering higher-level analysis questions. This project is engaging, standards-based, and helps prepare students t
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7th - 10th
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Spanish Valentine's Day Poetry Activities Día de San Valentín
Spanish poetry writing activity for celebrating el Día de San Valentín or El Día del Amor y La Amistad. These six poetry templates are perfect for middle and high school Spanish classes, and can be adapted for any level! Great for bulletin board decorations as well -- get your students writing in Spanish and having fun!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Spanish Valentine's Day Poetry Activities:Poesía para El Día de San Valentín, El Día del Amor y La Amistad❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤There are s
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Spanish Class Valentine's Day Activity Bundle
POETRY LESSON: 'Annabel Lee' by Edgar Allan Poe
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Poetry Lessons BUNDLE
POETRY GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS {for any poem}
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These worksheets are intended to help students approach poetry. They are designed to scaffold the process of interpreting, analyzing and comprehending poetry. Moreover, these worksheets were designed to be visually attractive and academically engaging for secondary school students.
These worksheets can be used with any poem and cover the following:
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6th - 12th
Also included in: POETRY BUNDLE: Poetry Terms, Annotation, Figurative Language & Posters
Structural Elements of Poetry Unit {Notes & Worksheets}
WAIT! You can buy this product in my Poetry Bundle & *SAVE* $2!**************************************************************************Do want to guide your students through understanding structural elements of poetry? Then this pack will help! For each element there is an informational page which you can walk your strudents through and discuss, and then they can keep in their books for reference and study purposes. Then, for each concept their is a practice worksheet (with answer key) to
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: POETRY BUNDLE: Poetry Terms, Annotation, Figurative Language & Posters
(3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Grade) POETRY TERMS Vocabulary Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
Your students will enjoy looking for all of the fun poetry terms hidden in this puzzle worksheet. Puzzles make great no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, and sub files.The 30 hidden vocabulary words are: Acrostic, Alliteration, Allusion, Assonance, Cinquain, Concrete, Couplet, Epic, Free Verse, Haiku, Hyperbole, Imagery, Limerick, Lines, List Poem, Lyrical, Metaphor, Mete
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: ELA ELEMENTS OF WRITING BUNDLE - 11 Word Search & Crossword Worksheets
Hyperbole Activities and Assignments - Literary Devices and Figurative Language
Hyperbole Activities and Assignments - Literary Devices and Figurative Language: Improve your students' understanding of hyperbole with these highly engaging activities and assignments! This comprehensive package is designed to help students locate and analyze the use of hyperbole in context and apply their understanding of this literary device in their own writing. The assignments and activities are high-interest and will engage your students in figurative language in unique and creative ways.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Activities and Assignments Bundle - Literary Devices
Halloween Figurative Language Assignment - Literary Devices Activity
Halloween Figurative Language Assignment - Literary Devices Activity: Bring Halloween into your middle and high school English class while also teaching common figurative language and literary devices used in poetry or fiction. These three ready-to-use figurative language assignments include a variety of Halloween-themed sentences that incorporate an example of metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, oxymoron, or onomatopoeia! Answer keys are provided to easily grade or review the assig
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Halloween Reading and Writing Activities and Assignments Creative Bundle
The Raven Lesson | Annotation Poetry Activity for Comprehension & Poetic Devices
Print and digital options included! Students highlight and annotate to analyze and demonstrate reading comprehension of Edgar Allan Poe's narrative poem with a focus on (1) the plot, (2) rhyme scheme, (3) internal rhyme, (4) alliteration, (5) onomatopoeia, and (6) allusions.This product includes an annotation friendly version of Edgar Allan Poe's poem. Free versions of this public domain text are readily available in many locations, but this particular document gives students space to annotate a
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7th - 11th
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"Seven Ages of Man" Close Read Shakespeare, Extended Metaphor, PDF & Google App
Use William Shakespeare’s famous “All the World’s a Stage” monologue from As You Like It as a stand-alone lesson on extended metaphor. This 45-minute lesson begins with a close reading of the poem on a handout designed with wide margins for students to record their mental interactions with the text. Then, project a copy of the poem on your white board and annotate Shakespeare’s words together with your class. I’ve included a completed annotation of the poem to serve as teacher prep materials, bu
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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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.
How do I find poetry resources on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing poetry lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for poetry resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of poetry lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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