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Poetry of Dead Poets Society, Analyze 3 Poems, Add Rigor to Film Study, Whitman
Add rigor to your students’ enjoyment of Dead Poets Society with these three separate lessons that focus on the poetry Mr. Keating presents to his students in the film.Each lesson includes a depth-of-knowledge question worksheet (with detailed answer keys, of course) that will require students to read closely, dig back into the text, and think deeply about the theme, structure, and relevancy of each poem. All three lessons were built to stand on their own, so you don’t need to view the film to m
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Poetry Escape Room: Engaging Poetry Activity for Any Poetry Unit
Make poetry fun with this engaging and challenging poetry escape room activity that can be facilitated traditionally, digitally (aka NO prep), or with a blended hybrid approach. During this escape room, students will label the elements/rhyme scheme of a poem, identify examples of poetic devices, closely read, and analyze poems from various authors.This sequential escape room was designed with scaffolding in mind. It takes students through 5 challenges, which start simple and gradually progress t
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Poetry & Art: Blackout Poetry Book Pages
(7) BLOWN UP BOOK PAGES & Instructions Included for creating poetry from the heart without the pressure of rhyming or form. Even if participants are not familiar with the principles of poetry (i.e., feeling, image, rhythm simile, metaphor, shape, and sound), they can express themselves with this fun activity to creatively problem solve varying poetic forms. Teach Social Emotional Learning or Poetry in a supportive way that will encourage creativity, participation, and deeper self-expression.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Guided Poetry Presentation and Handouts Distance Learning
Creative writing doesn't have to be difficult. You can teach your students to write like famous poets with ease! My "Write Like a Poet" presentation and handouts are perfect for all students, but especially for those who struggle with creativity or hate to write (or hate poetry). Aligned with the Common Core State Standards for reading literature and writing. This is a great distance learning activity for your students! You can share it on a secured platform and let them work at their own pace.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Analyzing Song Lyrics | Back to School or End of the Year Music Activities
Analyzing Song Lyrics Back to School Music as Poetry Activities with TOP 10 MUSIC HITS. Use lyrics and music videos of 2020 - 2021 popular music to teach figurative language, literary device and poetic device (rhyme, meter) analysis and EVERY reading and writing common core skills (Printable & Digital) - Product includes lesson plan, student printables, PowerPoint slides, Google Slides, Google Doc, ANSWER KEY and grading rubric, for no prep music as poetry activities, Google Classroom or dis
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Socratic Seminar and Activities: Poetry Analysis of “If” by Rudyard Kipling
Fun and engaging! An easy to implement Socratic seminar and more! A great way to introduce Socratic seminar, promote active learning, and begin or end the school year with a positive, inspirational message. Socratic seminar is an excellent way to infuse 21st century skills and higher order thinking skills into learning. This 62-slide, Common Core aligned PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling. It is easy to implement and will promot
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Figurative Language Instructional Slideshow Activity - Analyze Literary Devices
We set out to make the most helpful, most compelling, most graphically attractive teaching resource for you to introduce your learners to all the various figurative language. This 70+ slide PowerPoint will help you introduce how every many you need to teach your level of learners.Two Parts to the PowerPoint:> 23 Instructional Slides with definitions and examples> 22 Quiz Review Slides with quote from novel or song for students to analyze> 22 Quiz ReTeach Slides with explanation of why t
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Introduction to British Romanticism, 1798-1850
The British Romantic movement reshaped poetry as we know it, introducing a more personal, emotional response to the world, as well as a glorification of nature, childhood, and personal liberty. This best-selling set includes everything you'll need to introduce the British Romantic period (1798-1850) including detailed lecture notes about the historical background that led to Romanticism, as well as information about the writers and philosophers who influenced the beginnings of the Romantic move
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: British Romantic Poetry BUNDLE
Beowulf The Hero's Journey
In this study of the epic poem Beowulf, high school students will define epic and epic hero. They will recognize the formula for the hero’s journey as detailed by Joseph Campbell and determine whether Beowulf’s adventures exemplify the journey. Students will also understand the influence of Beowulf on the English language and on contemporary ideas of heroes and villains. The package includes the following items:• Detailed teacher’s guidelines•Journal entry topics• Group assignments• Kennings exe
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Beowulf Bundle
William Blake: Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
William Blake claimed that “without contraries is no progress.” His Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is a perfect illustration of this idea since the poems in it were meant to be read side-by-side to give the reader a full picture of the duality of human existence. In this lesson set, your students will examine the following poems from this collection:· "The Lamb"· "The Tyger"· "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence)· "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience)· "London"· "The Sick
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: British Romantic Poetry BUNDLE
Taylor Swift or William Shakespeare? Interactive Poetry Game
Introducing "Bard or Ballad: Shakespeare or Swift" - the ultimate poetry slideshow game that will challenge and entertain students while enhancing their literary knowledge! In this engaging activity, students are presented with a series of poetic lines and must guess whether they were penned by the legendary William Shakespeare or the contemporary pop sensation, Taylor Swift. As they analyze the lyrical beauty and evocative language of each line, they embark on a captivating journey through time
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Taylor Swift Game + Poster Bundle Set
Socratic Seminar and Activities: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Frost
Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. This 55-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, which is a fitting poem for the winter season. The resource includes a well-organized protocol for conducting a formal discussion or Socratic seminar based on Frost’s poem. On Day 1 and Day 2 students complete several poetry, writing, and vocabular
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Slam Poetry- Observe, Learn Poetic Terms, Analyze (TPCASTT),Create & Perform
I love poetry, yet sometimes traditional styles of poetry don't "sell" to my students. Slam does! Students love the examples. They love the permission to see and express emotions. Slam verges on rap in some examples, and they LOVE that too! This unit covers poetic skills such as devices and analysis without having to cajole students along. I have seen incredible work produced by students in this unit, including the mentor text provided, with permission. Please enjoy:Step 1: Viewing of slam
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Figurative Language Activity - Instructional Slideshow DIGITAL Analyze Devices
We set out to make the most helpful, most compelling, most graphically attractive teaching resource for you to introduce your learners to all the various figurative language. This 70+ slide Google Drive Slideshow will help you introduce how every many you need to teach your level of learners.Two Parts to the Google Slideshow:> 23 Instructional Slides with definitions and examples> 22 Quiz Review Slides with quote from novel or song for students to analyze> 22 Quiz ReTeach Slides with ex
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Poetry Analysis and the American Dream
What do Walt Whitman, Jay-Z, Langston Hughes, and Toby Keith all have in common? They have all commented on their understanding of the American Dream. This unit focuses on close reading skills to analyze the ever changing end equally elusive understanding of the American Dream.The mini-unit includes:A detailed lesson planHandouts of all the poem/songs with built in annotation strategies and close-reading questionsTwo Original Poetry Assignments and a RubricMini-Research Bio's for the Authors Gra
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hip-Hop and Shakespeare Full Lesson
Lesson includes a worksheet to go along with a linked Ted Talk, answer key, PowerPoint Presentation linking modern rap lyrics to iambic pentameter, and a worksheet linking modern rap lyrics to iambic pentameter. Full day's lesson (or two if you also have daily warm-up and silent reading time).
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
WE WEAR THE MASK POEM & ART | Inside Outside Poem Dunbar BLACK HISTORY MONTH
In this no-prep, easy-to-use unit inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask” poem, students will use art and poetry to deeply analyze the masks we wear, distinguish between their inside vs. outside character and personality traits, and represent these findings through a self-created mask. This engaging activity turns this abstract concept into an activity that is high-interest, easy to understand, and memorable!This The Mask I Wear Product Includes 12 NO PREP, easy-to-use pages:•Pages
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5th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART POETRY PERSONALITY | We Wear the Mask Dunbar
William Wordsworth Poetry Pack
William Wordsworth’s "Tintern Abbey" is the Romantic Manifesto, a highly personal poem that’s bursting with Wordsworth’s feelings about nature and the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” This lesson set includes everything you’ll need to teach this beautifully spiritual poem· “Tintern Abbey”· “Ode: Intimations on Immortality”· “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (sometimes known as “Daffodils”) You’ll find two versions of the poems—
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: British Romantic Poetry BUNDLE
Performing Poetry: Creating an Oral Interpretation of a Poem
REVISED AND UPDATED August 3rd 2019!Performing Poetry is a one-to-two week long assignment that takes students through the process of finding and developing an interpretation of a poem for performance in the classroom. It contains the lesson, students handouts, a performance rubric, a student seld-evaluation, suggestions for poems to use, and several great vocal warm ups that I use extensively in my drama classes. One of the nice things about teaching students to create an oral interpretation of
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Taylor Swift or Famous Poet? Interactive Poetry Game
"Taylor Swift or Famous Poet?" is an interactive Google Slides game that challenges students to distinguish between lines written by Taylor Swift and those crafted by famous poets. With captivating images to enhance comprehension, this game serves as an engaging introduction, review, or conclusion to poetry lessons. By analyzing writing styles, students develop critical thinking and interpretation skills while fostering a deeper appreciation for language and creativity. Ideal for honing poetry s
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Taylor Swift Game + Poster Bundle Set
Poetry Unit - focused on First Nations, Métis & Inuit topics - Indigenous NBE3U
Full poetry unit that focuses on First Nations, Métis and Inuit topics - students will learn to properly read, annotate and analyze poems, artwork and music, and make connections to other art forms.Every lesson includes a Learning Goal and a Task (either a reflective/discussion-based activity or assignment with rubric)Lesson 1: Introduction to PoetryWhy do we study poetry? (text and videos)Poetic devices (list with definitions)How to read a poem (videos)Class activity to read a poem of student c
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11th - 12th, Adult Education
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Socratic Seminar & Poetry Analysis Activities: A Poison Tree by William Blake
A fun resource that builds community in the classroom! Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. This 63-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “A Poison Tree” by William Blake. This seminar would be an excellent way to address problems with bullying or to discuss openly anger management skills. The resource includes a well-organized protocol for conducting a formal discussion or Socratic s
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Analyzing Rhetoric and Poetic Devices in Hamilton
Infuse your classroom with the exciting, contemporary hip-hop of Hamilton: an American Musical! Loved around the world, Hamilton can bring energy and joy to poetry and rhetorical analysis. This packet combines both, per needs in my curriculum; however, it's highly customizable, so you can adjust the focus as needed for your own class. This lesson aims to help students recognize the arguments in music and art all around them.Packet asks students to analyze "Cabinet Battle #1," "Cabinet Battle #2,
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Socratic Seminar & Activities: Poem Analysis “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe
Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. This 62-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe. The resource includes a well-organized protocol for conducting a formal discussion or Socratic seminar based on Poe’s poem. On Days 1-3 students complete several analysis, critical thinking, and writing activities as well as vocabulary
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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.
How do I find poetry resources on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing poetry lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for poetry resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of poetry lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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