Sophia Learning
Sophia: Read, Write, and Analyze Poetry (Haiku and Free Verse Poetry)
This tutorial focuses on poetry; it defines free verse and haiku, explains how to write each, and provides examples. It offers a slideshow which provides tips for beginners on how to read poetry, how to identify types of poetry, and how...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Writing Free Verse
This online lesson plan allows middle schoolers to learn about the characteristics of free verse poetry and to model their poems after the activist Cesar Chavez.
Other
Writing World: Poetic License: Thoughts on Free Verse
Column that gives advice on writing free verse poetry as well as some background concerning its development. Some technical terms are defined in the course of the discussion (end stopped, enjambed). There are links to more articles like...
TES Global
Tes: Three Poems (Narrative and Free Verse) Fossil, Stone Age and Iron Age
[Free Registration/Login Required] These narrative and free verse poems describe fossils, the Stone Age, and Iron Age. Entertaining graphic features accompany the poems.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Free Verse
A concise and thorough explanation of the term "free verse" in poetry. Provides a definition, differentiation from "blank verse," and an example from Walt Whitman.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: Free Verse
This page provides a good working definition of free verse, along with some examples, information about its development, and mention of the poets who have made it popular.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing, Reading, and Understanding Poetry
This tutorial focuses on different aspects of poetry: definitions, types of poetry with examples, and how to read, write, and analyze poetry. It includes three videos: a YouTube video of "El Guante" performing a free verse poem, a...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Free Verse
Short encyclopedia article from Wikipedia that defines and gives historical context to free verse poetry. Although no examples are given, there are links to related topics available.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: One Minute in Time Poems
The Cure's song "10:15 on a Saturday Night" explains what happens in one slowed-down minute as the singer is waiting for an important phone call, while also utilizing some catchy onomatopoeia to emphasize the seconds ticking by. In this...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: Free Verse
This article discusses free verse including defining it and discussing its beginning.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Transcendentalism: Walt Whitman
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on Walt Whitman and his invention of the American free verse. It includes links to his poems "Song of Myself" and "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer." It provides...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Bucket List Poetry
Using the song "Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw from the soundtrack for The Bucket List as a model, students will take a look at their values and the things they would like to accomplish in their lives before they run out of...
Other
Lexiconic.net: Elements of Poetry
This resource explains how to approach an analysis of a poem. It discusses assumptions people may have, the importance of reading it closely before analyzing it, looking at the stanza structure, the type of poem, the sound patterns,...
TES Global
Blendspace: Poetry
A learning module that includes twenty-two links to videos, pictures, weblinks, charts, and activities about different types of poetry including couplet, cinquain, acrostic, diamante, limerick, free verse, lyric, narrative, concrete, and...
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Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Dream in Color: A Guide for Middle School Teachers [Pdf]
Visit this resource to find a wealth of poems, lesson plans, and classroom activities to help middle school students discover the diversity in African American poets and create their own voice in poetry. This resource is in PDF form.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Verses Written by a Young Lady, on Women Born to Be Controll'd
A learning module that begins with "Verses Written by a Young Lady, On Women Born to Be Controll'd," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Music From the Ashes
This is a self-guided learning unit on the topic of poetry. Included are lessons, self-assessments, background information, learning activities, and related literature. Learn how to analyze poetry, appreciate figurative language, and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Poetry Introduction
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces several types of poetry, gives the elements and examples of each type. The types of poetry include color poetry, limericks, free verse, and couplets.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock
Read an overview of the poem 'The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Types of Poetry
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces a variety of poem types to students. It contains various forms of poetry with example poems.
Education.com
Education.com: Rl.4.5 Worksheets: Explain Major Differences Between Poems, Drama
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 8 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard RL.4.5: Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to...
University of Pennsylvania
U Penn: Poetic Terms and Types
Click on these terms for an excellent definition of these poetic terms, some from the Oxford English Dictionary. Includes types of poetry as well as terms.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Analyzing Poetry
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use poetic devices to analyze a poem of their choice from the Library of Congress.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Poetry of Liberation: Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich is featured in this brief biography for her contributions as a contemporary feminist poet and prose author. See "Adrienne Rich Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
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