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Color My World Grey and Blue

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Can colors help to convey a mood in writing? Explore this question with your class using the songs "Grey Street" by the Dave Matthews Band and "Blu is a Mood" by Blu Cantrell. After analyzing the effect of the color words in these songs...
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K12 Reader

The Road Not Taken

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
"The Road Not Taken," is the focus of an exercise that asks readers to identify the figurative meaning of Robert Frost's poem.
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EngageNY

Developing Reading Fluency: Selecting a Text and Practicing Reading Aloud

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Young readers continue to strengthen their fluency skills with a text of their choosing. The teacher first engages the class with an audio recording or read-aloud of a short poem, modeling for children how to read fluently. Next it's...
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Utopian Promise

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Scholars learn all about the Puritans in the third installment of a 16-part lesson series. After watching a video, they read and discuss biographies of Puritans and Quakers from American history, write journal entries and poetry, and...
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Magazine Production

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Analyze magazines as a class, looking carefully for the target audience, advertisements, and topics presented. Small groups then work as a publication team and receive a magazine that they have to "sell." Each individual has a different...
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Humanities Texas

Primary Source Worksheet: Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr., Excerpt of Telephone Conversation

For Students 8th - 11th
Imagine listening in on a conversation between President Lyndon B. Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as Johnson outlines the support he needs from King to pass the legislation required for programs essential for "The Great...
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Patterns In Poetry: Images (Part 3)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore imagery in poetry. In this poetry lesson, students examine how the use of metaphors and similes aid in reading comprehension. Multiple resources are provided.
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Reading Comprehension: "Thankful to Know"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this poetry comprehension worksheet, students read a poem about love called "Thankful to Know." Students discuss or write about 3 interpretation questions.
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Poetry by Tennyson (Comprehension)

For Students 5th - 6th
For this poetry comprehension worksheet, students read part of a poem by Tennyson called "In Memoriam." Students answer 5 multiple choice and essay questions about the poem.
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Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test 4th Grade Reading Sample Test: Butterfly Poetry

For Students 4th
In this reading worksheet, 4th graders prepare for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test by completing this practice test. Students read the tips and hints, read the butterfly poems and answer 8 multiple choice and essay questions....
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Poetry

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the main characteristics of poetry. They read and discuss a handout on the characteristics of poetry, read the poem, The Road Not Taken, discuss their interpretation of the poem, and research poetry on the Internet.
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Reading Comprehension- The Use of Senses in Poetry

For Students 5th - 7th
For this reading comprehension poetry worksheet, students identify the use of the senses in a poem entitled, "As I Awake." They discuss how the author feels about being alive and if the author believes that one person can change the world.
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Signing a Poem

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils interpret poetry though movement. In this poetry activity students take a poem they've previously read and discussed in class and work in pairs to develop gestures for each line.
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Symbolic Poem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars read and analyze several highly symbolic poems. They create their own symbolic poem, read it to the class, and discuss whether they can guess any hidden meanings.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2009)

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students read an excerpt from a novel and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then compose an essay response using information...
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2008)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English worksheet, students read an excerpt from a memoir and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then write an essay using details and...
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Regents High School Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2007)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination in English worksheet, students read an essay and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then write an essay using ideas from both passages.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2005)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, pupils read a memoir and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then compose an essay using ideas from both passages.
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This Isn't Your Little Sister's Poetry: Analyzing and Understanding a Variety of Acclaimed Poets

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders are introduced to various basic and advanced poetic devices. They read several poems and practice identifying poetic elements. They identify at least two different poems and substantiate why they belong in the canon.
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Reading: If, A Poem

For Students 6th - 7th
In this poetry worksheet, students read If by Rudyard Kipling and study the verse by verse paraphrasing. Students answer 2 comprehension multiple choice questions about the poem.
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Analyzing Poetry and Characters

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate historical context by reading poetry.  In this language arts lesson, students discover the work of Michael Longley and examine his poem "Ceasefire."  Students identify the sonnets used in the piece and...
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Comprehension of Jack Be Nimble

For Teachers K - 1st
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the poem Jack Be Nimble and answer questions about the reading and vocabulary. Students choose three multiple choice answers. 
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2010)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students read passages and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then write an essay using ideas and examples from both passages.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination Session Two (2009)

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students read a passage and answer multiple-choice questions based on reading comprehension.  Students then write a unified essay using evidence from each passage.

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