Poetry Writing Unit - 8 Poem Templates to Create a Student Book of Poems

Poetry Writing Unit: Creating A Book of Poems

This poetry writing unit includes 8 printable lessons that teach students how to write different forms of poetry. Lessons include an explanation of the poetry form, example poems, and templates to guide students in writing an original poem. The unit is included in both PDF & Google Slides.

The featured poems are:

• Acrostic
• Haiku
• Cinquain
• Free Verse
• Rhyming Verse: Triplet
• Rhyming Verse: Quatrain
• Limerick
• Sijo

Each lesson can be used individually or as a unit. If teachers use them as a unit, students read published poets, write poetry, and create their own anthology of poetry.

For the poetry anthology, students need to read at least 3 poetry books. Students will self select at least 3 published poems to add to their "poetry anthology." Students add these poems to the ones they have written to form their anthology.

Also included in this resource are:

• MLA Bibliography
• Student Checklist
• Rubric
• Poetry Book Cover & Table of Contents Templates

This unit is ready to print and copy.

How to Use This Unit

Teachers can use the poetry lessons in a variety of ways, including whole class instruction, small group, or even in writing centers.

My favorite time to teach this unit was during state testing. After the day's testing was over and we had a break, we read poems for 5 - 10 minutes and discussed them. I gave a minilesson on one of the poetry forms. Students could write their poems by themselves or with a partner. I always had strong engagement from students, because they could talk with friends while they worked. It was a nice creative break after concentrating during testing.

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