Scholastic
Scholastic: Poetry Writing
This site comes from the Scholastic website and provides a teacher's guide to writing poetry. This lesson plan is put together very well and provides an outline of the project, learning objectives, assessment information and much more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Poetry Writing With Karla Kuskin
With the aid of Karla Kuskin, this site from Scholastic explores the world of poetry. Here you can find tips for poetry writing, ideas for revising, and even a place to post your completed poem online! A fully developed teacher's guide...
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Multi Media Poetry Notebook Project [Pdf]
This is a three-page PDF Multi--Media Poetry Notebook Project assignment with a rubric. Students will complete a virtual poetry notebook with three poems by different poets, two original poems, and a glossary of poetic terms. Students...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Spiritual Waters
After analyzing primary source documents, pictures, and artifacts, students will use the describe, analyze, and interpret method to compare and contrast a sketch of Tahoe City in 1865 to a photograph of modern day Tahoe City. Then...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: In the Poet's Shoes: Performing Poetry and Building Meaning
Build a greater understanding of poetry and poet's voice. Develop and interpret a poem for a oral performance. Links include presentation rubrics and participation rubric.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Respond to Student Writing: The Watch Glass
Use an interactive rubric to evaluate areas of strengths and weaknesses in a student's poem comparing school to a watch glass. Then compare your responses to another teacher's.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Making Rain
Your students will enjoy making their own rainstick while learning about poetry and expressing their feelings about rain. This three-part lesson gives step-by-step instructions, as well as an assessment rubric.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Learning About Limericks
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches the poetry form of a limerick. Students determine the characteristics by analyzing sample limericks for rhyming pattern, line length and stressed syllables. As assessment,...