In this Tennessee activity, students fill in an acrostic about Tennessee where they write a verb or phrase starting with every letter of Tennessee. Students complete 9 verbs or phrases.

In this Halloween language arts worksheet, students write an acrostic poem regarding ghosts using the letters GHOST.

Young scholars write an original diamante poem about a shape of their choice. They examine how to write a diamante poem, and select a shape and write a poem using Microsoft Word software.

Students read and explore autumn poetry. In this poetry lesson, students read Autumnblings and are introduced to different poetic forms. Lesson includes ideas for exploring the poetic forms presented in the book and cross-curricular...

Students create haiku poems. In this poetry lesson, students listen to the sound of the ocean from an audio file and write a haiku poem about oceans.

Students write weather shape poems and sing weather related songs. In this creative writing lesson plan, students read the book, It's Raining, It's Pouring and list weather words they heard in the story. Students use the writing process...

Learners describe colors. In this descriptive writing lesson plan, students brainstorm color descriptions using all of the senses except sight. Learners write poems including similes, sensory images, and interesting word choice. Examples...

Students explore poetry. In this poetry lesson, students discover the qualities of good writing and the characteristics of poetry. Students practice reading poems in different ways. Studnets also discuss the mood of the poem and the...

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.

Students practice word processing skills while writing Haiku and diamonte poems.  In this poetry computer lesson, students choose  from a group of rainforest animals and write about their animal.  Students write a...

In this creating a poem about spring worksheet, students use the letters in the word SPRING to write an acrostic poem. Students write a 6 line poem.

In this poetry study instructional activity, students will read the poem, "My Kingdom" by Robert Louis Stevenson and complete various activities such as answer 20 short response questions, write a creative story about a kingdom, review...

Students discuss the importance of using adjectives in writing. They separate into five groups, each group is given a bag with an object inside to describe using just one sense. They write a description of a Hershey's Kiss using adjectives.

Students write a poem. In this writing lesson, students learn about Gwendolyn Brooks, a famous poet. Students discuss shape poetry and how it is written. Students choose an object from nature and write their own shape poem.

Learners share their thoughts regarding nature. In this poetry instructional activity, students compose poems in different formats that feature weather and clouds.

Students create poetry. In this poetry lesson plan, students read poetry and identify rhyming words using highlighters. Students may also add rhyming lines to the poetry they read.

In this acrostic poem worksheet, students write an acrostic poem describing a snake. Students write lines for the word slither which contains 7 letters.

For this writing worksheet, students write lists of words that rhyme with the words throne, shrug, throat, and shred. They write sentences using the rhyming words and attempt to write a rhyming poem.

In this creative writing worksheet, learners create an acrostic poem about volcanoes. Students use the letters in VOLCANOES to begin each line of poetry.

Young scholars explore songs and poems related to the animals, habitats, and activities on rivers and ponds. They listen to song clips, explore various websites, read poems and song lyrics, complete worksheets, and define key vocabulary...

In this language arts worksheet, students use the letters in the word JULY to begin each line of an acrostic poem about the month of July.

In this acrositic poetry activity, students write an acrostic poem regarding the season of winter using the letters WINTER.

The photograph, Nellie and her Italian Soda is viewed and discussed by the class. They are instructed to use the photograph as inspiration to write a poem about non-events, or things that are beautiful in every day life. Pupils use...

You don't have to slay the dragon in this activity. Young writers review poetic devices with a set of worksheets about alliteration and similes. Once they finish waxing poetic about their dragon friends, they craft a final...