Poetry Lesson Plans

Students explore the poetry of Allen Ginsberg. They read and analyze poems by Allen Ginsberg, conduct Internet research, collect examples of art of the 60s, and create a presentation.

Fifth graders apply knowledge about Native American tribes while writing an acrostic poem. They enhance the writing with pictures that symbolize important characteristics of the tribes. They use digital cameras, scanners, image editing and word processing software to create a final presentation of the poetry.

Students explore the participatory nature of tribal poetry. They experience an Arabic poetic form. Identification of various elements are covered. Recognition of the structure of a ghazal is compiled.

A lesson that incorporates technology with the writing of Haiku poetry awaits your fourth-graders. After being introduced to Haiku poetry, they brainstorm a list of Spring images, words, and things that happen in nature. They write their own poem, and broadcast it using the Garage Band program. They can also add music to their creation and export it to iTunes. Fantastic!

Students listen to Hailstones and Halibut Bones and write color poems.  In this color poems lesson, students create a graphic organizer to discover their feelings about color.  Students use models from the book to design original color poems.

Students work together to research a historical event. They create their own poems based on their research. They share their poems with the class and discuss the historical event further.

Explore rhythm, patterns, color and texture in art and poetry. In this poetry lesson, students perform a class symphony and note the elements they experience. Students work in small groups to create a visual art piece that relates the elements discussed.

Fourth graders are introduced to famous works of art and begin to discuss the artist's work. Use art to explain and reflect their own emotions. The write about feelings in a work of art and make connections between art and other disciplines.

Students participate in a group poetry writing where they write different kinds of poems. In this poems lesson plan, students write popcorn poems, onomatopeias, collective poems, and diamond poems.

Students discover different types of poetry. In this poetry lesson, students read haikus, narrative, nonsense, shape, and rhyming poetry. They find the meaning of the poetry and analyze the linguistic devices used by the author.