This guide discusses how to approach analysis of a literary text, with the main focus being on the poem "Design" by Robert Frost. It explains how to examine the subject, the form, word choice or diction, and the theme. In each section,...

This is a detailed course assignment where students are asked to choose a poem from those provided and prepare an analysis of it prior to presenting it to the instructor. Students are given guidelines for an essay up to 3 pages long, and...

Lesson plan makes use of weekly poems for students to read, discuss, and study. Students compile a poetry portfolio to use for further learning in reading and writing, as well as engaging in interactive activities such as creative poetry...

A poem from Emily Dickinson, "'Secrets' Is a Daily Word", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Anthony McGovern and can access a printable version of this piece.

A poem from Emily Dickinson, "He Ate Drank the Precious Words", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by David Marenberg and can access a printable version of this piece.

A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Never Hear the Word 'Escape'", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Stephanie Chan and can access a printable version of this piece.

A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Your Thoughts Don't Have Words Every Day", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Sophia On and can access a printable version of this piece.

Many simple forms, such as cinquain and haiku, that follow set formats, are included in this poetry lesson plan.

Alphabet Recognition Poems: Mrs. Alphabet

This is a large collection of performances by both famous and unknown poets. Also find poetry performances by subject.

A fun poem about "Fred" that the teacher reads to the class and students guess what the missing words are. When they guess correctly, they are able to draw the character.

Inspired by the vignettes of Sandra Cisneros, students will write about a familiar thing from their lives. Students will use the style of prose poetry to describe something familiar around their home, school or neighborhood. The final...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage is the nursery rhyme about three blind mice. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.

You will learn the importance of graphical elements (e.g., capital letters, line length, word position) in the meaning of a poem.

Contains plans for two 50-minute lessons that ask students to identify the most important word in a piece of writing. Shel Silverstein?s poem ?Sick? is used as an example. In addition to student objectives and standards, this...

This collection looks at an image and phrase used widely in abolitionist materials, and at how that symbol was adopted and adapted by Sojourner Truth and/or other women's rights activists. Students will examine an abolitionist medallion...

Contains plans for two lessons that explain an inductive method for analyzing poetry. Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking" is analyzed using this model as an example, although the method can be used on a variety of poems. In addition to...

This lesson plan teaches young scholars to create an original poem based on select words and phrases from a prose piece. Also encourages students to model poetic forms after found poems.

This lesson focuses on syntax; All writers and speakers choose their words and the way they arrange them to make their work more powerful. You will see this in a segment of President Kennedy's speech and then in poetry; poets in...

Help Spanish-speaking English-language learners unlock the mysteries of their new language by using a bilingual book to recognize unfamiliar words and construct meaning from the text.

Analyze the meter, rhyme scheme, line length, punctuation, and word position in poetry.

In this seven-stanza poem, the poet writes about the experience of reading her poetry to the blind. She grows increasingly uncomfortable as they cannot see the images in her words, yet they are courteous to a fault and smile and applaud...

In this lesson, middle schoolers will learn or review the topic of "alliteration" in writing. Then each student will create a 25-word headline poem that contains at least three examples of alliteration. [Requires Adobe Reader.]

Analyze the meter, rhyme scheme, line length, punctuation, and word position in poetry.