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High school poetry lectures $5-10
Allusions in Literature Lesson, Complete Teaching Unit
In this packed and ready-to-go teaching pack for allusions in literature, you will find everything you need to teach and practice this critical skill for literary analysis. The lecture is easy-to-use and the examples are plentiful and modern. Student Experience: Students will walk through definitions, modern examples, and guided practice. There are task cards for interactive practice, and worksheets and quizzes for assessment. Included:- Teaching Suggestions with CCSS- Lecture (PPT and Google)-
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Skills Teaching Units, BUNDLE of Lessons
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
Shakespeare: Sonnet 29, Sonnet 116. and Sonnet 130 Lecture, Notes and Quiz
This British Literature Poetry Unit includes:
1. 42 slide ppt that walks through close reading of poems (listed below). Check out the preview for the style!
2. 12 question multiple choice quiz (that you can edit and pull from to incorporate into any assessment). Answer Key included!
3. PDF with a description of how I use this in my classroom, annotated poetry notes and the applicable common core standards.
4. To hook students, at the end of each poem, there is a clickable link to a popula
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9th - 12th
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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
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
"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and "The Nymph's Reply" Lecture and Quiz
This British Literature Poetry Unit includes:
1. 28 slide ppt that walks through brief author bios, and poems (listed below). Check out the preview for the style!
2. 6 question multiple choice quiz (that you can edit and pull from to incorporate into any assessment). Answer Key included!
3. PDF with a description of how I use this in my classroom, annotated poems and the applicable common core standards.
4. To hook students, at the end of each poem, there is a clickable link to a popular
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9th - 12th
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Edgar Allen Poe Biography, No-Prep Lesson, Editable, Edgar Allan
⭐✔Do you need a No Prep Lesson for Edgar Allan Poe? Look no further! This slide show is a fascinating introduction to Poe's life and work. This slide show provides an engaging and stimulating introduction to Edgar Allan Poe. Inspire and engage your students with this Biography. This is an excellent addition to your Literature Course and a compelling introduction to his life. Great as preparation to explore his work through close reading and discussion.★The story of his life is compelling and ric
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9th - 12th
Medieval Ballads: "Get Up and Bar the Door" and "Barbara Allan"
This is a 26 slide powerpoint that walks students through the Medieval Scottish ballads, "Get Up and Bar the Door" and "Barbara Allan" It includes links to great youtube versions of each song. I use this with 12th grade British lit and the Pearson British lit book, but it could easily work for grades 9-12 and any book.
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Renaissance Poetry: Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, and Raleigh
17th Century British P
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9th - 12th
Robert Browning: "Porphyria's Lover" + "My Last Duchess" Close Reading Lecture
This 42 slide powerpoint covers a brief author bio and close reading poetry analysis for the following poems:
"My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning
"Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning
It also includes annotated poems/teacher notes.
I use this lecture with the Pearson British Lit book, but it could be used with the same poems from other books or online sources.
Parts of this Victorian Poetry Unit can be purchased separately or in a bundle in my store through the following links:
Best Val
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" and "Fern Hill" PowerPoint and Quiz
This zip file includes the following for "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" and "Fern Hill" by Dylan Thomas:
1. PowerPoint that goes through author, content, form, and poetic devices. (73 slides that layer)
2. Quiz (20 Multiple Choice questions with key!)
3. PDF of the PPT in case you are using a different platform.
4. PDF of the annotated poem teacher notes.
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Wilfred Owen: “Anthem for Doomed Youth”
WH Au
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10th - 12th
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WH Auden The Unknown Citizen Close Reading PowerPoint
This 18 slide powerpoint walks students through a brief author bio and close reading of "The Unknown Citizen" by WH AudenIt also includes brief teacher notes and a fully annotated poem!You can also find these related products in my store: 20th Century American Poetry Entire Unit PowerpointRobert Frost: "Snowy Evening" and "Mending Wall”TS Eliot: "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock”Langston Hughes: "I, Too" and "The Negro Speaks Rivers”The Imagists: Ezra Pound and William Carlos WilliamsIf you l
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Exploring Rhythm and Meter in Poetry, No Prep Lesson, Editable
Are you looking for a No Prep Lesson about Rhythm and Meter In poetry? Look no further! ★This slide show is an introduction to Exploring Rhythm and Meter in Poetry. It offers an overview of poetic meter and poetic feet and serves as an introduction to these concepts. This presentation explores the five basic rhythms, iamb, trochee, spondee, anapest and dactyl. The presentation is an engaging and inspiring exploration that will help your students as they analyze and write poetry!★This presentatio
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9th - 12th
"To The Virgins to Make Much of Time" Herrick and "To His Coy Mistress" Marvell
This 34 slide powerpoint covers a brief author bios and close reading poetry analysis for "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" and "To His Coy Mistress" It also includes annotated poems and teacher notes.
I use this lecture with the Pearson British Lit book, but it could be used with the same poem from another book or online source.
The Whole 17th Century British Poetry Unit and other parts are available in my store through the following links:
17th Century British Poetry Unit
"Eve's Apol
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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John Keats Poetry Pack
John Keats, the tragic Romantic poet who died of tuberculosis at age 26, longed for “permanence in a world of change.” Your students will do a close analysis of four of his most famous poems, including “La Belle Dame sans Merci”“Ode on a Grecian Urn”“Ode to Autumn”“Ode to a Nightingale” You’ll find two versions of the poems—one with line-by-line detailed annotations for you to use as you teach, and one version without annotations that you can copy and hand out to your students. The lesson concl
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: British Romantic Poetry BUNDLE
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Poetry Pack
Samuel Taylor Coleridge revolutionized poetry with his poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," and his “fragment” poem "Kubla Khan," which he claimed came to him in a dream. This shattered the idea that poetry had to be divinely inspired, and it influenced our modern notions of creativity. You’ll find two versions of the poems—one with detailed line-by-line annotations for you to use as you teach, and one version without annotations that you can copy and hand out to your students. This set inc
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: British Romantic Poetry BUNDLE
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe) Close Reading Powerpoint and Quiz
This resource includes:
1. 55 slide powerpoint that covers some background information and then walks through a close reading of the poem.
2. A blank copy of the poem + an annotated version
3. My teaching approach with extension ideas
4. A 35 question quiz with answer key!
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9th - 11th
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American Imagism Poetry: Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams Lecture
This 30 slide powerpoint includes short author bios and close reading slides for:
"In a Station of the Metro" Ezra Pound
"The Red Wheelbarrow" William Carlos Williams
"This is Just to Say" William Carlos Williams
It also includes brief teacher notes and annotated poems!
I use this powerpoint with the Pearson American Literature book, but it can be used without the text.
You can also buy smaller parts of this product in my store:
20th Century American Poetry Entire Unit Powerpoint
Robert
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Sound Techniques in Poetry, Poetic Sound Devices, Editable, No-Prep Lesson
★This slide show is an introduction to Sound Techniques in Poetry. It offers an overview of sound techniques, musicality in poetry, and serves as an introduction to these concepts. Concepts include: Assonance, Consonance, Alliteration, Meter, Onomatopoeia, Anaphora, Enjambment. AN EXCELLENT NO-PREP LESSON! This is an engaging, comprehensive, and fascinating lesson for students! See below for additional lesson ideas to use with this slide show.★This presentation is perfect for including visuals
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9th - 12th
The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock TS Eliot Close Reading PowerPoint
This 36 slide powerpoint walks students through a close reading of "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock" by TS Eliot including content and poetic devices.
It also includes brief teacher notes and a fully annotated poem!
You can also find these related products in my store:
20th Century American Poetry Entire Unit Powerpoint
Robert Frost: "Snowy Evening" and "Mending Wall”
Langston Hughes: "I, Too" and "The Negro Speaks Rivers”
The Imagists: Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams
WH Auden: "
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock"; A NEED-TO-KNOW Handout
This handout focuses on what your students, especially those college-bound or in college, need to know about Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock.”
Its fill-in-the-blanks format, largely text-based, has your students analyze the historical background of the poem, its themes, structure, mock-epic genre, and stylistic features.
The handout begins by stressing that “rape” in the title meant “theft” in Pope’s time, not that horrible crime in its modern sense, which does not occur in the poem.
However,
The Funeral Blues
The Funeral Blues. This is a great addition to any poetry unit! This Google Slides presentation contained a detailed lesson on theme, tone, imagery, and a history on WH Auden. It also contains a breakdown of each stanza and its parts. This is a multi period lesson that contains questions for the students to respond to in the speakers notes, adding support to the lesson and activity.
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9th - 12th
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Robert Browning & Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poetry Pack
Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning had one of the most famous literary love stories of all time, and yet their individual poetic styles are wildly different. In this lesson, your students will learn about Robert Browning’s success as a dramatic monologuist in his poems “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover.” They will then see the stark contrast in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s famous sonnet, “How Do I Love Thee.” You’ll find two versions of each poem—one with detailed line-by-line
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Exploring Rhythm and Meter in Poetry, No Prep Lesson, Editable, Google Slides
Are you looking for a No-Prep Lesson about Rhythm and Meter In poetry? Look no further! ★This slide show is an introduction to Exploring Rhythm and Meter in Poetry. It offers an overview of poetic meter and poetic feet and serves as an introduction to these concepts. This presentation explores the five basic rhythms, iamb, trochee, spondee, anapest and dactyl. The presentation is an engaging and inspiring exploration that will help your students as they analyze and write poetry!★This presentatio
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9th - 12th
No Prep - Full Lesson - Influential Latin American Women
No Prep - Full Lesson with 20+ slides about 8 different influential Latin American women. Lesson includes clickable links to credible resources online for further student research and a full activity. INCLUDED a poetry activity. Lessons written about people of color, by a teacher of color, with the hopes of creating a more colorful world.
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4th - 12th
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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.
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