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Poetry centers for Microsoft Word
“The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe: Setting and Tone
This is a nice “take a break from non-stop writing” sort of lesson plan, and it appeals to those future Van Gogh’s and Picassos in your classroom, as well. Using Poe’s delightfully melancholy and bizarre poem, “The Raven,” students discuss first how setting creates tone which then creates mood for the reader. It is a literary domino effect, so to speak! Reading with purpose, underline examples of descriptive words describing setting and creating tone and then students are assigned a creative
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4th - 8th
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Reading and Analyzing Narrative, Lyric, and Free Verse Poetry Classroom Stations
This item includes:
6 – Analyzing Narrative Poetry
*Station Directions
*Narrative Poetry Definition
*Vocabulary Words
*Poem – Casey at the Bat
*Casey at the Bat Analysis Worksheet
7 – Analyzing Lyric Poetry and Ballads
*Station Directions
*Lyric Poetry and Ballads Definition
*Poem Background Information
*Poem – The Lorelei
*Poem – The Lorelei Poetry Analysis Worksheet
8 – Analyzing Lyric Poetry
*Station Directions
*Lyric Poetry Definitions
*Poem – Nothing Gold Can Stay
*Poem – Nothing G
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5th - 9th
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Back To School Activities BUNDLE Planning & Centers for Kindergarten First Grade
This Back to School Bundle contains 9 Back to School products for planning and classroom centers for your kindergarten and first grade students. ❤️ Class Lists, Specialists' Schedules, Dismissal Lists, Editable Policy Letter, Seating Chart, and 2 Learning Centers: A Back To School Shared Reading Songs packet and a Back to School Graphing Pocket Chart Center.There is also a set of multi-purpose BONUS LABELS.✅ Editable ClassLists, Specialists’ Schedules, Dismissal Lists ✅ 2 Page Editable Back
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K - 1st
If I Were In Charge Of The World- Creative Poem Writing Activity
Students read the poem, "If I Were In Charge Of The World" by Judith Viorst. They then complete a planning page and a graphic organizer to create their own poems, explaining how life would be if they were in charge of the world.
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K - 9th
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Abe Lincoln - Classroom Station #7 - Oh Captain! My Captain!
This item is #7 in 9 classroom stations about Abe Lincoln. It is entitled Oh Captain! My Captain!
*Students will read Walt Whitman's biography and answer some questions about him.
*Students will read information about Abe Lincoln and his connection to Whitman and the poem, Oh Captain! My Captain!
*Students will learn about what an elegy is and have to determine whether Walt Whitman's poem Oh Captain! My Captain! is an example of that.
*Students will read the poem, Oh Captain! My Captai
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5th - 10th
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STAAR Review Center - Figurative Language with Battleship Game
This is a great center or station to use with secondary students to review figurative language & to have students practice recognizing and creating examples using figurative language. It is fun, engaging, and editable so if you wanted to use other column headers (even your own student names), you can! Enjoy. :)
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5th - 12th
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Poetry Personification Worksheet 12 Short Answer Qs Poems Steam Shovel + Toaster
This 2 page worksheet is entitled "Personification In Poetry." Basically, it has students read two poems and look for words that turn objects into people or animals. The first poem is "Steam Shovel" by poet Charles Malam and the second poem is "The Toaster" by poet William Jay Smith. There are a total of 12 short answer questions that focus on personification and metaphors. There is a drawing for each of the poems. The third page is the answer key. The product is a word document that you can eas
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3rd - 6th
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Poetry Packet for 2nd and 3rd Grade, Includes Common Core Exemplar Poems
Compilation of 70+ poems with directions at the top of each.I use these poems in an independent Poetry Center during Literacy Centers. You could use these for whole group or small group instructions. Poetry is fantastic for fluency and vocabulary. Each poem has a set of directions at the top for the student to follow.Example:Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________________1. Write your full name and the date.2. Read the poem aloud 2 times.3. Number each stanza on the left.4.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Teaching Author's Purpose with Poetry
This includes three children's poems, one for each type of Author's Purpose. (persuade, inform, entertain) The poems also include a space for kids to visualize a sketch and identify the number of stanzas in each poem.
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3rd - 5th
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Poetry Mini-Unit I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Print and Go!)
I use this resource with my 5th grade class to introduce the lovely poem by Maya Angelou. Mini unit includes a page for students to summarize, determine adjectives for the free vs. caged bird, imagine the differences in how the two birds feel, information about the author, how metaphor is used in the poem, a discussion page on other ways people are "caged", and an oral language rubric if so choose to use it as such.
Grades:
5th - 7th
Poetry Study #2
Looking for poems that will make your students laugh or teach important life lessons about kindness and manners? This poetry is one of three poetry studies I created to help my students dive into poetry.
This study is focused around fifth and sixth grade level poetry. It includes the 6 poems listed below:
1) Drop a Pebble in the Water
2) The First Snow
3) Grandpapa's Spectacles
4) Manners
5) The Pup
6) The Trial of Derek Drew
After each poem, I have included at least 5 rigorous multiple cho
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Grades:
4th - 7th
The Raven by Edgar Alan Poe
This is a fun small group activity that can be used in grades 8 through 12. This is an assignment that requires deep thinking and that the students actually enjoy. I usually introduce this activity in October to set the Halloween theme. Divide the class up into small groups of a minimum of 2 students but no more than 4 students. Give each group one of more verses of Edgar Alan Poe’s poem The Raven. Have the students totally and thoroughly translate the verse(s) into today’s modern language.
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8th - 11th
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3RL.5 Poetry
5 Shared Reading Passages on 3rd grade level with provided hyperlink to website. Questions stems align to vetted CCSS. Repeated exposure to vocabulary related to verses, lines, stanzas, rhyming words, and author's descriptions.
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2nd - 4th
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Poetry Practice and Visualization Bundle
This bundle includes many activities to help your students begin to understand and visualize poems. These activities can be used in the reading or writing workshop. Some poems are already included in this bundle.
Activities Included:
-Seeing with a poet's eyes using objects
-Scientist vs Poet poster and worksheet
-Visualization practice with five poems and questions to answer
-Visualization with the five senses, drawing pictures, and showing the changing image formed in their minds
Did You Ever See- Rhyming Poem
Great beginner reading poem (with pictures to help beginning readers). NOTE: poem is sang or read to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it". I start off putting poem on sentence strips and reading whole group as a class. We find the sight words too and practice orally using the sight words in sentences. You can write different rhyming words on index cards to then insert into the poem (if you're using sentence strip and a pocket chart).LITERACY CENTER IDEAS: Then I give this poem to stud
Round about the Cauldron Go Halloween poetry lesson plans/activities
This is a packet containing lesson ideas, spelling and vocabulary list, vocabulary flash cards, and activities for a lesson based on an excerpt from Shakespeare's Macbeth. It is Act 4, Scene 1 where the three witches are talking. I originally created a shorter version of this lesson when I looped up to fourth grade from third several years ago and wanted something "different" for Halloween. It is suitable for grades 4 - 6 and could be modified for middle grades. It is also a fun and "gross"
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4th - 6th
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Personificación
Match the picture card to its correct Spanish personification sentence.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Teaching Theme with Poetry
Includes four short poems with evident and distinct themes. The students utilize a three column chart to identify key words/phrases, the theme, and the big idea (why this theme matters to their own lives.) Ideal for 4th and 5th grade students looking to expand understanding of theme beyond narrative texts.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
5 Mini Lessons to Teach Poetry in 1st & 2nd Grades
This package contains 5 original poems with original illustrations for late first or early second grade. Each poem includes a formal assessment of 7 questions with academic rigor and academic vocabulary. Each poem is 12 to 16 lines long and the reading level increase with each one. The academic rigor also increases with each assessment. Three printable versions of each poem are included. The first version is a Mini Lesson to be read to the class while being projected on the whiteboard. It cont
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1st - 2nd
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Skeleton Talk Poem: Rhyming Poem About Bones
This poem is a freebie and positive feedback is greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!
This poem is a rhyming poem designed to provide short facts about bones while building fluency. Kids love poetry and learning about new things using a variety of tools. I use poems during our literacy and apple academic centers. I also made a large one on chart paper for students to read and practice. I hope you enjoy this fun poem, perfect to use during the fall or nutrition/bones unit.
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K - 5th
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Simile, Metaphor, Personification Song Lyric Sort and Analysis
In this figurative language sort, students will analyze popular song lyrics for similes, metaphors, and personification. This is a great hands on activity to practice not only learning to identify figurative language but also to analyze why the author used it. Students will cut out the song lyric tiles and analyze each tile and determine if it fits under the Simile category, the Metaphor category, or the Personification category. They will place each tile under its correct category and on a sepa
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5th - 12th
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Poetry QR Code Activity 4th or 5th Grade - Great Test Prep
These five carefully chosen poems are great comprehension practice and test prep for 4th and 5th graders. Students scan the QR code, read the poem, and answer the questions. I've added the Common Core standards for both grade levels on each question. 5th graders would be expected to answer in more depth.
These can be used for morning work, centers, or just a class activity. After the students answer the questions, I highly recommend discussing all of the poems and their answers as a class. Have
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4th - 5th
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Alphabet Poem Posters for Letters A-Z
Poems to help teach letters of the alphabet. They are designed to be printed on legal size paper for mini posters. There are poems for the whole alphabet, great for station work, shared reading, etc.
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Grades:
PreK - K
Poetry Packet - Poetry Terms and TPCAST Analysis
This is a poetry packet I created for my seventh grade students- it can easily be modified for lower or upper grades. It includes blank sections for students to copy and/or create their own definitions of common poetry terms, as well as space to provide examples of each term. Predictable poetry questions are included, as well as an explanation of the TPCAST method of analyzing poetry. Following the terms, questions, and analysis method are several well-known poems including works by Walt Whitman
Grades:
6th - 8th
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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.
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