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Poetry projects for Google Apps
The Best Part of Me {A Positive Self-Image Project}
The Best Part of Me {A Positive Self-Image Project}: The Best Part of Me writing project is such an amazing way to build confidence in your students. It encourages a positive self-image by having your students write about the best part of themselves. This unit was created as a writing activity to go along with the book The Best Part of Me, written by Wendy Ewald, but it can still be completed without the book. This file has been recently updated to include digital files for Google Slides! T
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2nd - 6th
Poetry Mini Book - Introduction to Reading & Writing 8 Types of Poems - No Prep
Are you looking for an engaging resource to teach your students to write various forms of poetry? Do you need a tool your students can reference or a keepsake to take home when completed? Look no further!WHAT'S INSIDE?This poetry book teaches students to write 8 types of poems:acrosticshapehaikupersonificationdiamante (synonym and antonym)cinquainbio5 sensesCopy double sided on letter sized paper and bind, or choose the size suitable for the mini books from the Target dollar spot. Going paperles
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Mini Book Writing Template BUNDLE (Target Dollar Spot books)
Editable Spanish Project | Yo Soy Yo Poetry Writing Assignment
This editable Spanish Project is great to build confidence in any Spanish 1 class. Students show their knowledge of the verb ser and common adjectives, and create a beautiful poem with accompanying visuals. Teachers: use the PDF or access your own editable copy in Google Drive!**********************************"Yo Soy Yo"Editable Poetry project for Spanish 1**********************************Many authentic poems can be found online titled "Yo Soy Yo."In this writing assignment, students are promp
Digital Poetry Slam: Listening & Performing Poems in ELA (with GOOGLE)
Writing and sharing poetry can be intimidating – take the fear out of the presentation. Turn your classroom into a multimedia, high-energy performance space with a DIGITAL poetry slam!The digital poetry slam is a great jumping-off point if you're unsure how to assess poetry, want to bring in more technology, or want to give students options to avoid performance anxiety. This project can occur any time of the year, whether you’re celebrating National Poetry Month in April, Black History Month in
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Activity Bundle: Reading & Writing Poems in Secondary ELA
These Eyes Poem | Beginning of the Year Writing Activity | I Am Poem
I created this writing project as a way to address the changes that come with wearing masks at school all day. Even though we can only see each other’s eyes, we can recognize that even just our eyes say so much. This poem encourages students to explore the story behind their eyes. This pack includes:teacher guideexample poemstudent brainstorming pagestudent poem fill-in template3 different final draft optionsa DIGITAL option to complete with students virtuallyThe digital option is a Google Slide
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3rd - 6th
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Poetry Unit Writing Activity for 7th, 8th, 9th Grade - Create a Poetry Book
Engage students with this poetry writing unit activity! Students will first explore a variety of poems on modern, relevant topics while answering analysis questions featured on task card prompts. For a final project, students write poetry on similar topics and themes and create a book of poems using their own unique perspectives!This resource includes a Poetry Webquest, links to high-interest poems, and a poetry analysis handout with guiding questions to keep your students on task. The majority
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7th - 10th
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Pop Sonnets: A Unit Plan (editable)
Looking for a way to liven up Shakespeare for your students? Look no further than pop sonnets.All credit for the idea must be given to Erik Didriksen who created the Pop Sonnet Tumblr a few years back where he would take a popular song and write it as a Shakespearean sonnet. Check out his Tumblr at https://popsonnet.tumblr.com/.Now your students will have an opportunity to use Didriksen's pop sonnets as mentor texts to create their own pop sonnet of a song of their choice. This activity is highl
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7th - 12th
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Rap vs Poetry: A Musical Literacy Unit
Engage students with this week-long unit that combines hip hop, poetry, and rap music. Based on both the 5th & 7th grade ELA standards as well as Music Anchor 11, this unit weaves discussion, analysis, games, and projects together in a fun and relevant way. Students compare and contrast poems and rap using lyrics, audio, and video embedded directly into .ppts, covering key terms like simile, metaphor, and imagery. The final project has students following in the steps of Post Malone by select
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5th - 8th
Identity Poetry Writing Unit Activity - Middle School ELA - High School English
Enhance your poetry unit with this fun and modern self-identity poetry writing book project! This also serves as a great all about me back to school activity. The materials also thematically align with identity and self-identity cultural studies.Project DescriptionStudents first select and write two Identity Poems based on three poetry writing prompts with supporting examples. Using their poems to generate a word list, students will then create word clouds about themselves using the dynamic fre
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7th - 10th
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The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman: Black History Month Poetry Analysis
Introduce your middle and high school students to Amanda Gorman and her poem, The Hill We Climb, with this EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES one pager analysis activity. A perfect compliment for a poetry unit, Martin Luther King Jr Day, or Black History Month, this creative and engaging 1 pager activity encourages students to analyze the poem and reflect on the larger issues addressed in The Hill We Climb.Please note: The full text poem is NOT INCLUDED in this resource. The poem is copyright and
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7th - 12th
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High School Creative Writing Project: Author Study | Imitate An Author's Style
Give students choice, freedom, and the chance to study any author of their choosing with this High School Creative Writing Project: Author Study! This Author Study Creative Writing Project is great as a capstone final project for any high school Creative Writing class or even as a deep dive with mentor texts. In the first step of this high school Creative Writing project, students will select one author to study.After choosing an author to study, students will need to analyze their author's styl
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing: Complete 9-Week Class & Curriculum for High School
Poetry Unit Project for Middle School ELA | High School English | Poems
Ready to inspire your students with a unique poetry writing activity? This resource will enhance your students' critical thinking skills and broaden their creative perspectives when reading, analyzing, and writing poetry. Three poetry reading and writing activities, along with a poetry project, are included!This resource includes poetry analysis lessons and a writing activity using the free PicsLit website. Supplemental materials for writing and planning a poem using the PicLits website are in
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7th - 10th
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Harlem Renaissance Curriculum Unit with Google Slides
__________________________________________________________________Brand New Google Slides Addition!This unit now includes both the PowerPoint format and Google Slides format! Now, no matter if you are in the classroom or engaging in virtual distance learning you can easily use this product to fit your needs! Additionally, all documents now include the PDF versions.__________________________________________________________________Introduce Your Students to a Wonderful Part of American History-The
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11th
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Love that Dog: Poetry Analyzing/Writing/Publishing. DIGITAL or PRINT!
UPDATED FOR REMOTE LEARNING!!!READY TO GO! BOTH PRINT MATERIALS AND GOOGLE DOC ASSIGNMENTS READY TO UPLOAD TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM IMMEDIATELY! BOTH ARE FULLY EDITABLEWEEKS WORTH OF ELA ACTIVITIES STUDENTS CAN DO FROM HOME OR SCHOOL!Love that Dog is an excellent way to introduce ANALYZING and WRITING poetry. The book is an easy read and this unit helps teachers to focus on the higher level aspect: Poetic Techniques. This is a rigorous unit that will push students to think deeper!The unit includes:1
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4th - 7th
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Mother's Day Activity - Poetry and Craft Project for Middle School
Use this printable resource for your students to create a poem/project that is meaningful for for Mother’s Day. Brainstorm ideas, and use the poetry lesson to get started, then create a beautiful project as a gift for mom or other important adult! Directions/example included!You will need construction paper, pencils, crayons, markers, and printed copies of the templates. This is a printable resource, but you could absolutely attach the poetry portion to your Google Classroom™.Have the students
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4th - 8th
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Ballad - Poetry Writing - Poem Writing Form to Guide Process
Do your students like to write songs? If you're studying ballads, would they want to write their own?This poetry-writing exercise for writing a ballad gives students all the structure they need for writing a story and setting it to verse. Students will have fun writing rhyming poems and sharing with their classmates. Because everything is done for you, this no-prep print or digital resource is a lesson you can use TODAY! This also works well as an emergency substitute lesson plan and should take
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Blackout Poetry Interactive Google Slides
Blackout poetry is an amazing way to write poetry by repurposing another author's words. Using this interactive Google Slide, students will be able to create their own blackout poems using a page of text from "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell. No markers, no mess!!
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4th - 8th
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Figurative Language Assessment: Writing Activity with Photos as Inspiration
Assess your students' figurative language skills with this PRINTABLE AND DIGITAL Figurative Language Assessment Writing Activity! This Figurative Language Writing Assessment Activity will allow students to show their skills using figurative language techniques to create sensory details about a setting.In this Figurative Language Assessment Writing Activity, students will choose (or be given) an image of a landscape. They will then choose a point-of-view from which to write and brainstorm differe
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Mini-unit Bundle: Creative Writing
Ellis Island Immigrant Unit w/ Interview Oral History Project Print & Digital
Strengthen your Gilded Age or Progressive Era unit with an exploration of the Ellis Island immigrant’s experience. Read the moving poetic words of Emma Lazarus, hear the retelling of memories by living immigrants, and examine the massive statistics each of these 12 million American Dreamers helped create. Then, culminate your students’ understanding with an interview oral history project of their own!This unit strengthens core skills likeAnalyzing and evaluating statistical, interview, and arti
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8th - 11th
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Long Way Down Poetry Project
The ending of Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds is one that will have you and your students talking! What does Shawn’s question mean? How do they interpret this final question? For this culminating activity, students will utilize their knowledge of Will's character development and decide what choice he makes after Shawn's infamous question. Students will have the opportunity to tap into their creativity and knowledge of free verse poetry to decide how they would choose to extend the novel. This re
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7th - 12th
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Distance Learning Poetry Writing: Digital Where I'm From Poem
This PDF download contains a link for Interactive Google Slides. I designed this product to help my students create "Where I'm From" poems as inspired by George Ella Lyon. Slides 2-5 : Students will begin by reading and annotating the original poem. This always sparks great discussions as students unwrap Lyon's figurative language. Slides 7 – 16 : Students will plan for their own poem by describing important memories, people, places, and objects. There are 8 categories in which students will br
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4th - 8th
Reading Vocabulary Poetry Projects for ELA + High School English
Tired of the same book projects, generic novel analysis handouts, vocabulary worksheets, and poetry tests? So are the students! Make your content come alive for your students with video! Your students will love creating professional-looking videos to showcase their learning! Empower your students with the capability to create video projects reflecting their own analysis, highlighting their creativity, and providing an outlet to express their own unique voice. You'll also love adding new acti
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7th - 10th
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Christmas Writing Bundle: Narrative, Cause & Effect, and Poetry Units
Students will be engaged as they tackle narrative, cause & effect, and poetry writing during this Christmas season. Perfect for distance learning!Elves on Strike Narrative Writing Unit: Elf stories will take students through the entire writing process, from brainstorming to drafting to peer editing and writing conferences, finishing with a final published draft. A unit plan is included to help you guide your students through each step. Now includes Google version!The If You Give a Mouse a Co
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3rd - 5th
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Poetry Read-Aloud Unit | Use With Book A Stick is an Excellent Thing | 2nd-3rd
This 5-day read-aloud unit focuses on teaching poetry through the use of the picture book A Stick is an Excellent Thing by Marilyn Singer. You will need a copy of this book for use throughout the unit.The unit includes five 35-minute lessons as outlined on the sample pacing calendar. This is just a suggested format and can be adapted to fit your instructional format and students’ needs. The instructions for each day’s lesson are followed by the corresponding student pages that tie in with each
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2nd - 3rd
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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.
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