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Dali & Desnos: Surrealism in Poetry and Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the surrealism movement and its primary artists. Language is also analyzed, and students will create their own original poem utilizing surrealistic techniques.
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The Poetry of Giving

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Learn about philanthropy and poetic conventions with an inclusive lesson about Bill Gates. After learning about Mr. Gates' humanitarian efforts in the world, sixth graders use alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm, and refrain in...
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I Am Me and Nobody Else!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore writing as a way to communicate. In this writing lesson, 4th graders articulate how they feel about an issue in their lives. Students share their works.
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Making Recycled Paper

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the advantages of recycling paper. In this environmental lesson, students produce recycled paper by ripping up paper and putting it into a blender with water to create a mixture. Students use their recycled paper to...
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Patriotic Poems and Songs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students memorize poems and songs to recite and sing at a Fourth of July concert. In this poems and songs lesson, students practice reciting 9 songs and poems while holding small flags.
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Runny Babbit

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students are introduced to elements of poetry through the book Runny Babbit. In this poetry lesson, students learn about the newest Shel Silverstein book, then examine the poem's form, rhythm, and rhyme. Students look for other Shel...
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My Feelings

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this writing worksheet, students make a list of all the things that make them sad, happy, lonely, angry, afraid and silly. Students then write 6 short poems and put them together to make their own personal book of poems.
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Write Your Own Poem

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this wring a poem learning exercise, students find words that rhyme with ones given and use these rhyming pairs of words to create sentences and two line poems that rhyme. Students write twenty answers.
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Write Your Own Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing a poem worksheet, students read 15 words in a chart and color the ones that rhyme with "old". Students put the rhyming words in pairs, then write a poem using them.
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Write Your Own Poem: Rhyming Word Pattern -end, -ind, -and

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this rhyming verse worksheet, students read 20 words in a chart and color them according to the directions, using a different color for each ending rhyme pattern. Students then answer 10 questions in which they write simple nonsense...
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Let's Fly Our Kites

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice reading and writing using a short poem and information about kites. In this kite poem lesson plan, students read and write using a common poem. This lesson plan includes practice with reading, rhyming, handwriting,...
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Poetry in Motion

For Students 5th - 6th
For this poetry analysis worksheet, students analyze "From a Railway Carriage" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Students answer 5 questions about the poem.
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Reading: No Home on the Range

For Students 4th - 5th
In this poetry analysis worksheet, students read a poem called "No Home on the Range" by LaVonne Houlton. Students answer 8 multiple choice questions about the poem.
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Writing Poems Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this writing poems worksheet, students record 10 nouns, then write 2 or 3 verbs next to each noun, and finally write a simile or metaphor that matches the noun and verbs in that row. Students then organize these lines into stanzas to...
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Listening Comprehension

For Teachers 8th - 12th
For this listening comprehension worksheet, young scholars listen to the teacher read the poem entitled, "Annabel." As the teacher is reading the poem, the students are called upon to answer the 41 comprehension questions included on the...
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Puffins

For Students 4th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students write an original acrostic poem about Puffins. Students write a descriptive word or adjective for each letter on the lines provided.
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Student Samples of Definition Poems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this poetry writing worksheet, students learn to write a definition poem by first studying 3 student samples of poems. Then students follow the directions to fill out a definition poem web on a graphic organizer chart. Students write...
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Introduction to Poetry Part I-- The Three Pillars of Poetry

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In these poetry writing worksheets, students learn the power of words and the ability of the poet to say a great deal with a few well-chosen words. Students learn the 3 pillars of poetry: Emotion (makes you feel something), Image (makes...
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I Have A Little Garden

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this poetry worksheet, students read the poem "I Have A Little Garden," color the picture, underline the rhyming words in the poem and then write the rhyming words on pages two through three.
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Ladybug Poem

For Students K - 2nd
In this poetry activity, students read the poem "Ladybug," color the picture, underline the rhyming words and then write the rhyming words on pages two through four.
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The Caterpillar

For Students K - 2nd
In this poetry worksheet, students read the poem "The Caterpillar," color the picture, underline the rhyming words and then write the rhyming words on pages two through six.
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Dogs Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this dog themed worksheet students write an acrostic poem using the letters DOGS . Students write 4 lines of poetry using these letters to begin each line. There is an appealing dog graphic.
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Solar System Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this poetry writing worksheet, students read the title SOLAR SYSTEM. Students use these letters to begin each line of poetry.
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Rain Forest Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this rain forest poetry writing instructional activity, students create their own poem, using the provided format. Each line of poetry will begin with the letter highlighted in the title, "Rain Forest."