Want to put some feet in your head? Check out an online lesson about spondees, dactyls, and anapests to bring new structure to your poetic forms.

Concepts

poetry writing, rhythm, rhythm patterns, poetic structure

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Start a poetry club in which learners try a new structure each week and share their poems at the next meeting
• Have class members access the lesson on classroom tablets or at home on personal devices

Classroom Considerations

• Requires access to the Internet
• Use the lesson with more experienced poets or writers who are looking for a challenge

Pros

• Provides several helpful examples and explanations
• Links to rhyming dictionaries

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.3.10 W.4.10 W.5.10 W.6.10 W.7.10 W.8.10