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From Poems that Tell a Story: Narrative and Persona in the Poetry of Robert Frost to Color Poems, find teacher approved Poems lesson plans that inspire student learning.
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Students investigate and explore the poems of Robert Frost. They read and discuss poems by Frost, define narrative and personal, write narratives in a journal, and present a dramatic reading of a poem to the class.
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- 1st - 2nd Grade
Students write an 18-line, three stanza "I Am" poem about themselves. They listen to and discuss various poems, explore the Shel Silverstein website, and write and type their poem using word processing software and clip art.
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- 3rd - 12th Grade
Students build vocabulary skills, teach parts of speech, and have fun with diamond poems.
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- 5th Grade
Students 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.
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- 2nd - 3rd Grade
Students read and analyze various poems from the book "The Big Orchard Book of Funny Poems." They clap to the rhymes, identify patterns, compare and contrast poems, and write an alternative poem based on the poem "Christine Crump."
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- 2nd - 5th Grade
Students become biographers by interviewing one another and then creating a poem about someone else based on those interviews. Thus, becoming a biographer! A grading rubric emphasizes the information on the biographies and interviews.
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- 3rd Grade
Students create a Spring cinquain poem. In this poetry lesson, students review the outline of a cinquain poem and brainstorm words about spring. Students create a cinquain poem by using a word processing software program.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students examine the epic poem form and epic hero cycle. They identify stories that fit the epic hero cycle, complete a chart, read excerpts from various epic poems, and in small groups analyze a fable or fairy tale.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students write and illustrate a list poem that expresses personal likes and dislikes. They develop a list of personal likes and dislikes, write the poem, and illustrate the poem with drawings or magazine cutouts.
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- 3rd - 5th Grade
Students write a poem using similes to describe colors without the use of any visual references. They participate in a guided visualization exercise, describe colors without using visual images, read examples of student poems, and write an original color poem using a provided worksheet.
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