Poetry Analysis Guide Grades 3-8 - Digital & Printable Versions

This resource guide is perfect for teaching poetry analysis to your students (printable through Adobe PDF and digital version in Google Slides)! It includes 80+ pages in the printable version and 40 Google Slides (plus a how-to video to customize the Google version to your digital classroom). Scaffold and guide students through analyzing poetry, hitting on various skills along the way. Incorporate music lyrics and songs into your lessons to get your students motivated and excited about analyzing poetry! Click on the preview tab to see samples from the resource guide! All of the activities are available to print or assign digitally via Google Slides.

⭐PERFECT FOR LEARNING IN A DIGITAL CLASSROOM!⭐

Included in the guide:

NON-SPECIFIC RESOURCES TO USE WITH ANY SONG OR POEM (Resources that come in digital version are indicated):

• Poem & song suggestions
• Anchor chart topper to brainstorm “What is Poetry?”
• Poster that defines poetry
• Poster that explains the relationship between poetry and song lyrics
• Poetic elements vocabulary chart, with definitions, and space to chart poems/songs and example lines/lyrics (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• Poster explaining purpose of figurative language
• Foldables to define allusion, alliteration, simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification
• 6 posters to define allusion, alliteration, simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• Figurative language chart with space to chart poems/songs and example lines/lyrics (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• 2 flapbooks to record poetic devices in any song or poem
• Flip-flaps for mood and tone
• Chart for analyzing theme, mood, poetic elements, figurative language, and author’s purpose for any song (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• Chart for analyzing theme, mood, poetic elements, figurative language, and author’s purpose for any poem (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• 3 sheets for comparing & contrasting songs & poems (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• “Find a Poem with…” incorporating 8 types of figurative language (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• “Find a Song with…” incorporating 8 types of figurative language (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• 18 vocabulary cards relating to poetry for a bulletin board, pocket chart, or anchor chart
• Poetic Elements charts in song or poem option (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• Figurative Language chart in song or poem option (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• Poem & Song Analysis activity sheets - theme, summary, mood, tone, author’s purpose, imagery (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• Color-coded Poetry & Song Lyrics activity sheets

RESOURCES SPECIFIC TO PARTICULAR POEMS (Resources that come in digital version are indicated):

*Please note that due to copyright laws, song lyrics and some poems are not included in the resource guide. Only poems published prior to 1923 can be legally reproduced in a commercial product. Therefore, copies of those poems are included. Songs lyrics and poems are available for free at various online resources. A simple Google search will find exactly what you need!

“Daffodowndilly” by A.A. Milne

• Teacher instructions
• Analysis activity sheet (comes in digital version - Google Slides) & answer key
• Activity sheet for writing students’ own version of poem (comes in digital version - Google Slides)

“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

• Teacher instructions
• Copy of poem with room for note-taking (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• Flapbook to record analysis stanza by stanza (comes in digital version - Google Slides) & answer key
• Analysis activity sheet (comes in digital version - Google Slides) & answer key

“There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk” by Portia Nelson

• Flapbook to record text analysis (comes in digital version - Google Slides) & answer key
• Graphic organizer to record possible “holes” one might fall into (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• Analysis activity sheet (comes in digital version - Google Slides) & answer key
• Compare/contrast of poem and “The Road Not Taken” (comes in digital version - Google Slides) & answer key
• 2 Making Connections narrative prompts (comes in digital version - Google Slides)

The Poetry of Shel Silverstein

• Teacher instructions for “Almost Perfect,” “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out,” and “Smart”
• Poetic Elements chart for “Almost Perfect” (comes in digital version - Google Slides) & answer key
• Finding Theme activity sheet for “Almost Perfect” (comes in digital version - Google Slides) & answer key
• Poetic Elements chart for “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout…” (comes in digital version - Google Slides) & answer key
• Using Imagery illustration activity sheet for “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout…” (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• Making Connections adjective and poetry writing activity sheet (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• Poetic Elements chart for “Smart” (comes in digital version - Google Slides) & answer key
• Poem Analysis – Making Inference for “Smart" (comes in digital version - Google Slides) & answer key

SUPPLEMENTARY POEMS

• “My Shadow” by Robert Louis Stevenson (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• “Fog” by Carl Sandburg (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• “Mr. Nobody” Anonymous (comes in digital version - Google Slides)
• “The Land of Nod” by Robert Louis Stevenson (comes in digital version - Google Slides)

PLUS A TEACHER HOW-TO VIDEO FOR USING THE RESOURCES IN YOUR GOOGLE SLIDES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING!!!

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A Google account is REQUIRED and working knowledge of PowerPoint, Google Drive, and Google Slides is recommended for using the digital version of this product!

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