CommonLit
Common Lit: "No Man Is an Island" by John Donner
A learning module that begins with "No Man Is an Island" by John Donne, 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...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "A Poison Tree" by William Blake
A learning module that begins with "A Poison Tree" byWilliam Blake, 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...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "An Obstacle" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A learning module that begins with the poem "An Obstacle" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
A learning module that begins with the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" 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...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Playground Fun: Storybooks and Poems
Students will learn to recognize storybooks and poems and identify their differences with this interactive tutorial.
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 Virginia
University of Virginia: Marianne Moore Two Poems
This collection, from the e-text library at the University of Virginia, provides the texts of two poems originally published in "The Dial" magazine, "Picking and Choosing" and "England."
Other
Galeria De Pintores Panamenos: Raul Vasquez
This page is part of the Web of "Galeria de Pintores Panamenos", an informative Web site about Panamanian artists. The page provides information about and a photo of Raul Vasquez. There are additional links provided to learn more about...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "It Is Raining on the House of Anne Frank" by Linda Pastan
In this poem, Linda Pastan analyzes the experience of tourists visiting two iconic buildings in the city of Amsterdam: the Anne Frank House and the Van Gogh Museum. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Many and the Few" by J. Patrick Lewis
In this poem, a speaker describes the effects of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers links to paired texts,...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Jabari Unmasked" by Nikki Grimes
This poem by Nikki Grimes uses the first stanza of Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask," as a speaker describes why they conceal their identity. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Units: 6th Grade Poetry Unit: Identity
Complete teaching unit for 6th Grade Poetry Unit: "Identity." Students will read 6 poems that speak to the theme of creating an identity. They will revisit the essential question: "How do we forge an identity?", read thematically-paired...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Units: 5th Grade Author Study: Shel Silverstein
Complete teaching unit for 5th Grade Author Study: Shel Silverstein. Students will read 6 poems by Shel Silverstein that speak to the theme of how we should live our lives. Students will revisit the essential question "According to Shel...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "(Love Song, With Two Goldfish) by Grace Chua
In this poem, Chua explores the love between two goldfish living in a fish bowl. As you read, take note of on the use of puns throughout the poem and their multiple meanings. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Edwin Arlington Robinson
This site features the author Edwin Arlington Robinson including the full text of three poetry collections: The Children of the Night, The Man against the Sky, and The Three Taverns.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Edna St. Vincent Millay Article by John Newcomb
This site offers an article written by John Timberman Newcomb on Edna St. Vincent Millay and her political views expressed in JUSTICE DENIED IN MASSACHUSETTS and other works.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Erlking" by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
This is the full text of the poem "The Erlking" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that depicts the death of a child assailed by a supernatural being, the Erlking.
CommonLit
Common Lit: David's Old Soul by Nikki Grimes
Grimes is well known for her award-winning books written for children and young adults. The poem "David's Old Soul" appeared in her book One Last Word, a collection inspired by poems from the Harlem Renaissance that follow the "Golden...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Periodic Table of Poetic Elements
Each student will create a poem about an element on the periodic table. The poems will be placed in the appropriate "square" to create a large periodic table wall hanging. This project will require the collaborative work of several...
Other
Selfknowledge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
This site from SelfKnowlege.com provides the text of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge, with notes. It also has several links to information on Coleridge.
English Verse
English Verse: William Wordsworth (1770 1850)
Full text of a number of Wordsworth's famous poems is available here, along with an abbreviated biography of his lengthy life.
Virginia Commonwealth University
American Transcendentalism Web: Ralph Waldo Emerson
This resource includes a short biography of Emerson and links to related sites.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
This site offers a biography of Goethe, a brief discussion of his most famous work, "Faust," and a list of the many versions of this work. Also includes a bibliography.