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Memory Haiku: The Great Gatsby and the Sense of Smell
Scholars learn how smells evoke early childhood memories and apply that knowledge to a character from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. After finding a passage from the novel that references smells, they craft a haiku and a...
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Tone
Identifying the tone in a piece of writing can be tricky. Readers don't have the advantage of studying the images and colors used in a painting or the instruments and sounds of a song. The second instructional activity in this poetry...
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Poetic Devices
Introduce middle schoolers to poetic devices with a instructional activity that asks them to find examples of alliteration, anaphora, onomatopoeia, metaphors, similes, and personification in various poems. Young scholars craft examples...
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Literature About Chicago: Prose vs. Poetry
For this comprehension exercise, readers compare Carl Sandburg's "Chicago" to a description of the city from Upton's Sinclair's The Jungle.
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Ten Little Cookies
First there were ten cookies and then there were none. Who ate all the cookies? After reading a short poem that counts down from 10 as cookies are eaten, class members respond to four comprehsnion questions.
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Whitman and the American ‘Romantic’ Nature
Pupils read a short biography of Walt Whitman and a portion of Whitman's epic poem "Song of Myself." Readers then respond to a series of comprehension questions.
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Reading about Freaky Frogs: “The Glass Frog”
Freaky frogs are the focus of a lesson plan designed to boost reading comprehension skills using text features and asking and answering questions. Informational text and a poem supply scholars with animal-related vocabulary and facts. A...
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Analyzing the Significance of the Novel’s Title: Connecting the Universal Refugee Experience to Inside Out and Back Again, Part 3
What does it mean to mourn something? Scholars continue reading paragraph four from "Refugee and Immigrant Children: A Comparison" to better understand the mourning process for refugee children. Working with a partner, pupils then read...
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Exploring the Drive to Create in Frankenstein
Is it hubris that drives the creative process? Is it the desire to be remembered long past death? An interactive asks readers of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and Percy Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" to consider what this wife and...
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Abigail in Childbirth
Childbirth has never been easy and is not without risk, even in the 21st century. Young historians gain insight into the travails of 18th-century childbirth as they read letters between Abigail Adams and her husband about their loss of a...
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Witch Poetry Activity
In this following directions using rhyming words worksheet, pupils observe a picture of a witch and erase parts of her using "if...then" sentences and filling in the blanks with rhyming words about the picture. They fill in the blanks...
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Halloween Acrostic Poem
In this poetry worksheet, students write an acrostic poem using the letters in the word Halloween. They write the poem on a page that is decorated with a picture of children dressed in Halloween costumes at the top.
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Acrostic Poem Planning Sheet - Kites
In this poetry planning worksheet, students plan an acrostic poem about kites. They see the word "kites" printed vertically down the page and fill in the spaces next to each letter as they prepare to write the final poem.
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Acrostic Poem
For this acrostic poem worksheet, students use the letters in the word 'archery' to create an acrostic poem. Students write a word or phrase for the 7 letters.
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Acrostic Poem: Fly
In this poetry writing worksheet, students write an acrostic poem about a fly. Students use the letters in FLY to begin each new line of poetry.
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Fall Acrostic Poem
In this poetry worksheet, students write an acrostic poem using the letters in the word "fall." They see a picture of an autumn colored forest scene at the top of the page.
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Acrostic Poem: Swimming
In this acrostic poem worksheet, pupils use the word swimming to create an acrostic poem. Students write a word or phrase for each letter in the word swimming.
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Acrostic Poem Plan: Teddy
In this poetry learning exercise, students write an acrostic poem about teddy bears. Students use the letters in TEDDY to begin each line of their poem.
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Acrostic Poem: Final Draft Sheet- TEDDY
In this poetry writing activity, students write an acrostic poem about teddy bears on a decorated writing sheet. Students use the letters in TEDDY to begin each new line of poetry.
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Acrostic Poem: Athletics
In this acrostic poem activity, students compose a poem using each letter in the word "athletics" as a beginning letter for a descriptive poem on the topic.
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I Have a Dream Acrostic Poem
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students write a poem using the letters in the word dream. They see the words, "I have a dream," with an American flag at the top of the page.
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Narrative Poetry
Sixth graders explore narrative poetry. In this language arts lesson, 6th graders create a group story. Students discuss the characteristics of narrative poetry and use a story elements checklist to determine which poems are narrative...
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Gymnastics Acrostic
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students write a poem using the letters in the word gymnastics. Students write a word or phrase for each letter in the word.
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I Am Poem
In this poem activity, learners fill in the blanks for a poem about themselves. Students fill in the blanks for 18 lines in the poem total.
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