Poetry & Figurative Language | Poetry Unit Reading & Writing Elements of Poetry
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Teaching figurative language and poetry structure to your 4th-6th grade students will be a breeze when you have this poetry unit. This poetry unit incorporates both reading and writing. Your students learn all about the different types of poems and poem structures during reading workshop and then your students will apply those poetry skills during writing workshop as they learn how to write 8 different styles of poems.
❤️ Your students will love writing
- Acrostic alliteration poetry
- Simile / Metaphor poetry
- Personification Poetry
- Shape Poetry
- Couplets
- Clerihew Poetry
- Diamante Poetry
- Haiku Poetry
This poetry resource includes 10 reading workshop mini-lessons and 10 writing workshop mini-lessons along with a sample schedule, lesson plan outline, poetry practice pages and poetry posters.
⭐ Included in this Poetry Unit resource:
- Reading Workshop Sample Schedule
- Writing Workshop Sample Schedule
- Lesson Title Outline
- Common Core Standards
- 10 Poetry Mini-lessons for Reading Workshop
- 10 Poetry Mini-lessons for Writing
- Practice pages for concepts presented in the lessons
- Poem writing sheet for each lesson
- Posters for each type of poetry including an example
- Metaphor
- Personification
- Onomatopoeia
- Shape poem
- Limerick
- Diamante
- Clerihew
- Haiku
⭐ This poetry unit introduces the students to the following concepts:
- Different types of poems (both reading & writing them)
- Figurative language including:
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Hyperbole
- Onomatopoeia
- Alliteration
- Personification
- Structure of different poems
- Syllables and poetic rhythm
- Syllables and meanings in poems
- Word choice in poems
Additional materials needed to use the Poetry Unit:
- chart paper and sharpies
- various poetry books
Important Note: Google Slides Version Now Included (3/3/20)
I've added a version on Google Slides so that your students can fill out the information digitally. I have not included the lesson or answer key pages in this - it is just the posters and any pages that students would have to fill in. You'll find the link to the Google Docs version on page 3. If you are assigning this in Google Classroom, remember to set it so that each student receives their own copy of the document, so that they can each edit their own.
