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Machine Poetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write poems describing the relationship of machine parts. For this poetry writing lesson, 4th graders review a system and examples. Students discuss the systems individual parts and how they work. Students use the given...
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Acrostic Poem: Final Draft Sheet- TEDDY

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this poetry writing worksheet, 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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Reading and Writing Poetry: Seeing Many Facets of Fresh Water

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create an original poem about water.  In this Robert Frost and water lesson plan, students read examples of Robert Frost's poetry, write an interpretation, and look for imagery that appeals to the senses.  Students use...
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Acrostic Poem: Fly

For Students 1st - 2nd
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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The Last Lecture: Found Poem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
To focus attention on key concepts and vocabulary words in The Last Lecture, readers use power words drawn from the text to craft found poems.
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Research a Poet and Explicate a Poem by that Poet

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders choose a poet to research and find a poem by that author to explicate/analyze using a variety of sources for their research that will include their textbooks, the school library, and the internet. After conducting...
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What is a Haiku? How Do You Write a Haiku?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Haiku poetry is explored in this language arts lesson plan. Yong readers identify the characteristics of haiku and read several examples. Students make connections between their study of Japan and the poetic form of haiku, and they write...
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Clouds

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Incorporate art and poetry into an early elementary science activity about cloud formation. With fun and engaging activities that follow a natural learning progression, youngsters will develop key vocabulary and conceptual understanding...
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Writing With Punch

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch the series "Unforgiveable Blackness". They examine the media's response to Jack Johnson in the film. They role-play the role of reporters to compose poems of headlines.
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Pass It On: African American Poetry to Inspire Writing

For Teachers K - 8th
Pupils read through poems in a book called Pass it On. There are 19 poems from famous African American poets contained in the book. The poems are specialized for children and after the children have learned about the author and about the...
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Poetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write a poem after learning about the elements of poetry. For this poetry lesson plan, 4th graders use voice and expression to write their poems and revise their poems if needed.
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Self-portrait Poem

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice naming various features or parts of their bodies using similes and vivid adjectives. The format is extended to poetic expressions as they develop a self-portrait and extend the creative experience through art.
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Life Cycle Poetry Worksheet

For Students 7th - 9th
In this life cycle poetry instructional activity, students read "La Grerue" by Sandy Hebert LaBry and reflect on the theme of traditional learning and teaching. Students further analyze the poem by answering 3 short answer questions...
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Rock Write-In-Roll

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in physical education and classroom activities with their parents and families. To engage parent's in their student's educational process, students and family members spend part of an evening roller skating and the...
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Create a Video Poem

For Teachers 4th - 12th Standards
Collaborate to create a visual version of a poem using video. Before class, choose a poem to pick apart. Read it aloud and then analyze it in detail as a class. Assign a line or short section to each student to expand upon using a...
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Impersonating Great Poets Using "Science Verse" by Jon Scieszka

For Teachers 5th - 7th
A great way to bring poetry and parody into your language arts classroom, this lesson mimics famous poems based on Jon Scieszka's Science Verse. The activity not only allows the class to see examples of poem parodies, but to create their...
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Computer Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The writing of Haiku poems is the focus of this language arts lesson. In it, the basic elements of Haiku poetry are presented, and then a step-by-step set of instructions on how to create a Haiku poem along with an illustration is...
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Compare and Contrast Poems vs. Lyrics

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Combine your pupils' love of music with their growing knowledge of poetry! First, have them bring in their favorite songs for a discussion on word choice and literary devices. Then, use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the...
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Haiku and Cinquain

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
As you introduce your scholars to haiku and cinquain poetry, give them plenty of opportunity to practice. This brief worksheet gives an example of each, then scaffolds the syllable breakdowns for writers to create two poems of their own...
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Our Poetic Planet - Writing Poems about the Earth

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
As a way to combine language arts and science, try this lesson plan on writing cloud poetry. Begin by showing a PowerPoint presentation and images of cloud types. Take meteorology masters outdoors to explore the sky using the provided...
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"Ing" Words as Descriptors

For Teachers K - 4th
This clever lesson has your students listen to story about bugs, work together to brainstorm list of "ing" words that describe bugs, create t-chart of words, choose words to place in poem template to create class poem about bugs, and use...
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Themed Rhymes

For Students K - 1st
Familiar sing-along rhymes about rain help scholars with phonemic awareness. They read the poems and write rhymes for four words. The clue here? Each of the words is out of one of the sing-along rhymes! Learners read a final poem about...
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Metaphors

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Metaphors open doors to descriptive language for your poets. They read the poem "What is the Sun" and record all the metaphors they find. Then, scholars change one of them to a simile. After answering two more comprehension...
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We Sing America

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pair the famous poems "I Hear America Singing," by Walt Whitman, and "I, Too, Sing America," by Langston Hughes, with a more recent poem by Elizabeth Alexander called "Praise Song for the Day" to demonstrate a theme and introduce your...

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