Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
Website
Other

Poetry Foundation and National Endowment for Arts: National Recitation Contest

For Students 9th - 10th
Poetry Out Loud is a nonprofit organization which encourages students to memorize and recite great poetry. Sections about great poems, short biographies of the poets, lesson ideas, details about state and national poetry contests, lesson...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Clock Man " by Shel Silverstein

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The Clock Man" by Shel Silverstein, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
eBook
American Public Media

The Writer's Almanac

For Students 9th - 10th
The Writer's Almanac is a Minnesota Public Radio program hosted by Garrison Keillor. It presents poetry and literary entries every day, which are archived from 2001 to the present on this site.
Primary
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: "At a Vacation Exercise" by John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "At a Vacation Exercise" by John Milton. Cursor down for the text.
Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: St. Patrick's Day

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Great resource for St. Patrick's Day activities, art projects and more.
Lesson Plan
Other

Poetry4 Kids: Poetry Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource offers guidance through the writing process of writing funny poetry. There are instructions on how to write a clerihew and an exaggeration poem.
Website
Other

The Beloit Poetry Journal: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The Beloit Poetry Journal has been publishing poetry for over 50 years. Here you have access to all fifty years of the journal, with works by many writers who have become famous.
Website
English Zone

English zone.com: Reading Zone

For Students 9th - 10th
Find reading selections by skill level (easy to advanced) or type (poems). Some free content on the site but hard to pick it out. Subscription-based access mostly.
Website
Other

The Wondering Minstrels

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Wondering Minstrels website provides a poem a day, complete with analysis, criticism, biographical information, literary anecdotes, trivia, and our own skewed sense of humor. RL.9-10.10a&b text complexity, RL.11-12.10a/b Text...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Burning a Book" by William Stafford

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Burning a Book" by William Stafford, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
Primary
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Ring Out, Wild Bells" by Alfred Lord Tennyson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online PDF text of the poem "Ring Out, Wild Bells" by Alfred Lord Tennyson from his long poem, In Memoriam A.H.H., in memory of his friend Arthur Henry Hallam.
Primary
Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth.
Primary
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: "To (Time's Sea Hath Been Five Years)" by John Keats

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "To_ (Time's Sea Hath Been Five Years at It's Slow Ebb)" by John Keats, written to his fiancee, Fanny Brawne.
Primary
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: "To Sir Henry Vane the Younger" by John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "To Sr Henry Vane the Younger" by John Milton.
Primary
Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: "To Althea From Prison" by Richard Lovelace

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "To Althea from Prison" by Richard Lovelace.
Primary
Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: "To Celia" by Ben Jonson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "To Celia" by Ben Jonson.
Primary
Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: "To His Mistress Going to Bed" by John Donne

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "To His Mistress Going to Bed" by John Donne.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the poem "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman

For Students 7th - 9th
A learning module that begins with the poem "O Captain! My Captain" by Walt Whitman, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...