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Poetry songs for Microsoft Word
Paired Passage- Poetry, Song Lyric Questions for "Mother to Son" and "Dear Mama"
This assignment is a set of 8 response questions for a paired reading of "Mother to Son" poem by Langston Hughes and "Dear Mama" song by Tupac Shakur. Poem and song lyrics are not included due to copyright restrictions, but can easily be found online.
Each question asks for a written response that includes text evidence. I suggest using this as a two-day activity in which students spend the first day doing close-readings of both the poem and the song lyrics, and the second day spent writing the
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8th - 11th
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Kindergarten Graduation Poem to perform or include in written program
Kindergarten graduation is such an exciting time in a child's life. This poem is great to use as a performance with multiple children or whole classes. The alternate ending makes it kind of fun to use for first year kindergarten teachers and is unexpected when read aloud. It has 6 stanzas that can be divided up to be said/read separately, or chorally. Very loved poem by the parents at our graduations!!! And when the kids shout “ME!” at the end, the audience loves it!This also works as a poe
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PreK - K
Poetry and Modern Song Stations - Theme Activity (10 songs & 10 poems!)
Product Description-7 stations match up songs and poems-Stations have 2-4 texts included (10 poems and 10 songs total included)-Each station has students find a theme, quote, and connection. Some stations ask additional questions. This is a Word document, so you can add extra questions to the directions and answer sheets if you'd like. -Songs are from Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, Brantley Gilbert, Post Malone, Juice Wrld, Andra Day, etc. -Poems are all American Literature poems from Maya Angelou,
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7th - 12th
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Eminem Lose Yourself Poetic Devices
Practice identifying poetic/literary devices with the first section of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" - students LOVE this! They especially begin to understand identifying different types of rhyme and assonance, areas that in traditional poems are often hard to identify.If you like this, please see my Plot and Character presentation materials, suitable for 9th and 10th graders.
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8th - 11th
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Spanish Rhymes/Poem Cards - Fall
Rhymes and poems are a great way for students to build fluency in a foreign language. It's great practice because they love saying them over and over again.
This download includes 17 poems in Spanish for the beginning of school and the fall. Titles include:
5 ratoncitos
Las manitas
El oso y el osito
los pajaritos vuelan
Pican, pican las gotitas
el otoño ya llegó
tres manzanas tiene el árbol
El Pato y la Pata
Los 5 dedos de la mano
Yo tengo una carita...
Doy toda la vuelta de mi casa grande
Lo
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PreK - 1st
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Bob Dylan: Music as Poetry with "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
This is a wonderful way to introduce the blurred lines between genres, as well as a great way to engage in the learning process—for all students of all ages love music. They may be reluctant poets, but once the connection is made that some songs are indeed poetry (or, heaven forbid—the acronym R.A.P. stands for Rhythmic American Poetry!), the sky is the limit for a renewed appreciation for poetry. This can be a nice addition to any poetry unit, or, it stands alone as an extension activity, a c
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6th - 12th
Robert Frost Poetry Compare and Contrast Analysis Activity and Essay
Analyze Robert Frost's classic poem "The Road Not Taken" with close reading annotations and questions. Discusses message, tone, and figurative language. Then, compare and contrast the poem with country singer Lauren Alaina's hit song "The Road Less Traveled"! Students will explore music as poetry and discover if two poems with similar titles are really the same. Answer key and essay rubric provided! My students LOVED this activity and I hope yours will as well! The song is catchy and has a p
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5th - 9th
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
Months of the Year Songs
I use these songs during calendar time in my classroom. I allow the children to create the hand motions, clapping, snapping, etc. to help them make it fun! We sing these daily. I have ex-students that tell me they still sing some of the songs to help them remember how to spell the months. I also find that after a few days into each month, students no longer look around the room to spell the month when they need to write it. They also love going home and showing off to their family that they can
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PreK - 6th
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Uptown Funk Scavenger Hunt - 1 day research practice
Using "Uptown Funk" -- have students search through the available resources on line to answer questions about the Bruno Mars Featuring mega hit from Mark Ronson.
Poetry, Music, Research, Fun.
I use in on those strange days at the END OF SCHOOL where one needs enrichment, but not grades.
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5th - 9th
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Literary Devices using Katy Perry's Firework Lesson Plan
This lesson plan can be used for any content! It gives you the lyrics to Katy Perrys song Fire work, along with a TPCAST chart for your students to fill out, a chart in which the students fill in the literary devices used in the song, two teacher answer keys, and a rubric. This is a great way to bring music as poetry into the classroom!
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6th - 12th
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Songs and Poems for Every Season
This 11 page document contains 77 poems/songs to use in the lower elementary classroom. They are sorted by season/holiday starting with back to school in the fall and ending with end of school in the summer. These are poems and songs I have collected over the years from websites and the collections of my fellow teachers, and put together into one easy-to-read document. You can blow these poems up on a poster maker to use them in shared reading, or copy them out for your students. The possibiliti
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PreK - 5th
Christmas Poetry Scavenger Hunt
I made a search for literary devices in different Christmas songs. I made them stations and gave the kids about 3-5 minutes per station. They loved it! Songs lyrics are not attached due to possible copyright issues, but they are easy to find online. You can also play the songs for the students and have them try to listen for them.Updated- I made more of an outline for kids to follow, as well as an answer key. I added a few devices as well. Hope you like it!
Poetic Devices with Taylor Swift
This worksheet provides examples of alliteration, assonance, consonance, rhyme, and repetition using lyrics from Taylor Swift songs.
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5th - 11th
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Kindergarten Reading Notebook
I use weekly songs and poems with my kindergarten class to teach Concept-of-Word skills. I have students find certain letters, words, spaces between words, long words, short words, high-frequency words, rhyming pairs, punctuation, vowel patterns, blends, etc.
At the end of the week, students glue their copy of the poem into their Reading Notebook and take it home to read the poem and practice the “Can You” activities with their parents. The Reading Notebook eventually gets filled up with son
Poetry Through Song Pain and Loneliness Simon and Garfunkel “I Am a Rock"
Students explore poetry through song, looking closely at the use of imagery and metaphor. After reading and analyzing Paul Simon's "I Am a Rock," students create their own poem. In addition, included are a number of suggested extension activities.
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7th - 12th
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Music and Poetry Activiy
This activity is an excellent to use songs as a way for students to connect to the elements of poetry! You can keep the same songs and lyrics included, change them up, or add your own!
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6th - 9th
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Two Song Songwriting Unit! Coming To Voice and Identity
Hello all! Happy planning and happy summer!I just created a pretty comprehensive TWO song unit on songwriting!The unit features 10 step unit plan laid out in calendar form with that will allow you to teach two different original songs based on the concept of "coming to voice", developing and claiming one's identity. The unit uses India Arie's "I am Light" as a starting point for one or both songs. The unit includes: -Calendar Style Lesson Plan with clear step by step directions and web links t
Bob Dylan Packet
This is a packet of information and select songs with questions, including "Masters of War," "All I Really Wanna Do," "Blowin' in the Wind," "The Times They are a Changin'," "Most of the Time," "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll," and "Maggie's Farm."Terms:,Metaphor, Simile, Parallel Structure, Anaphora, Hyperbole, Auditor, Cataloging, Stanza, Rhetorical Question, Refrain, Tone, Ballad, Symbolism
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8th - 12th
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Introduction to Poetry- Rap Analysis with "Lose Yourself" by Eminem
Peak students' interest as you move into poetry by showing them the similarities between poetry and rap! Includes annotation key and short answer questions.
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7th - 12th
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The Water Cycle Song
In order to help my kindergarten students remember the components of the water cycle, I have made up a song which identifies the four stages of the cycle - precipitation, accumulation, evaporation and condensation. This is sung to the familiar tune of "The Wheels On the Bus". I write this up on a large chart when teaching it to the children. I then provide each child with his or her own copy for their poetry folder. They also add their own illustration.
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K - 2nd
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Songs & Poems For The Whole Year!
Songs and poems for the whole year! These are thematically based, from fall to winter to spring holidays and seasons. I use these weekly/monthly to promote phonemic awareness, phonics, grammar, punctuation, and sight word practice. I write them on chart paper or2 put on the document camera to do choral reading, shared reading, and word work together. So fun!
Figurative Language through songs
This includes lyrics by Garth Brooks (The River), Stevie Wonder (You are the sunshine of my life) and Green Day (Good Riddance). Students will listen to the song and identify the various types of figurative language within it. Then, have them practice on their own by finding a song of their choice and have them identify figurative language within it.
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5th - 9th
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Figurative Language in Music
This is a fun and engaging way to review figurative language devices and sound devices. It also helps students understand why writers use figurative language to enhance their songs. It includes a series of figurative language questions over songs from different genres: You will need to provide song lyrics for students.
Literary devices covered: Metaphor, Simile, Allusion, Symbolism, Theme, Assonance, Rhyme scheme, Internal Rhyme, Hyperbole, Alliteration
BONUS!! Follow up activity included! T
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8th - 11th
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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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