Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Bad Day

For Students 9th - 10th
This single-stanza poem describes the bad day of an elf who has the job of a tailor.
Activity
TES Global

Tes: Three Poems (Narrative and Free Verse) Fossil, Stone Age and Iron Age

For Students K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] These narrative and free verse poems describe fossils, the Stone Age, and Iron Age. Entertaining graphic features accompany the poems.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Love Song

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem describes the saving of a baby bird and analyzes what drew the desperate bird to her.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: To Stammering

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem shares the pain experienced by a person who has a speech disorder.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Morning

For Students 9th - 10th
This single-stanza poem shares the poet's happiness when her cat appears.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Nights

For Students 9th - 10th
This three-stanza poem explains that she really does not want anything other than rest.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: The Grammar Lesson

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem shares a humorous message about grammar rules.
Lesson Plan
Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "Rules for the Bus" Poetry Theater: A Poem in Two Voices

For Students K - 1st Standards
This lesson includes a poem in two voices and is adapted from the poem by Eric Ode in Rolling in the Aisles, published by Meadowbrook Press. Young scholars will share the responsibility of reading lines of this poem about a boy who...
eBook
Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: Football Poems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page provides links to a collection of poetry about football and its place in our hearts.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The Poetry of Maya Angelou

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set includes photographs, illustrations, correspondence, interviews, and a sound recording that provides context for thematic elements in the poetry of Maya Angelou as well as her life.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Poetry Power

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A learning module with fifteen links to a slideshow, videos, texts, and websites on elements of poetry, figurative language, and different types of poetry.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Poetry Tournament

For Students 9th - 10th
A thirty-six part learning module on poetry including links to a glossary of terms, additional information about poetry, videos, and materials on several different poems including "Ballad of Birmingham," "Valentine for Ernest Mann,"...
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Poetry: 8th Grade Resources

For Students 8th Standards
A sixty-part learning module containing links to videos, activities, and information on poetry, various poetic forms, and several different poets.
Activity
Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "Ish!" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "Ish!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child debates eating fish with his grandmother.
Lesson Plan
Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "I Call First!" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "I Call First!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Ted Scheu in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a student who wants to be the first in everything but learns...
Lesson Plan
Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "My Doggy Ate My Homework" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In "My Doggy Ate My Homework," students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Dave Crawley in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a student who tells his teacher that his dog cooked...
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Forgotten Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
This poet reminisces about childhood as he listens to his daughter's lack of undertanding about the names of the all of the planets.
Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Forms of Poetry

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] These Several lessons provide students with an understanding with different types of writing forms: calligram, cinquain, diamante, haiku, and narrative.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Gems of Poetry for Girls and Boys

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Gems of Poetry for Girls and Boys by Harrison Eastman and Henry Walker Herrick, a book of poetry for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Poetry for Children

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Poetry for Children by Lucy Aikin, a book of poetry for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Pretty Poems for My Children

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Pretty Poems for my Children, a book of poems for children.
Activity
Other

Creighton University: Sumerian Literature: Epic of Gilgamesh

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Has a map, overview, and questions on The Epic of Gilgamesh. Especially useful for students studying for a test on the epic.
Lesson Plan
A to Z Teacher Stuff

Ato Zteacherstuff: Dramatics With the Teaching of Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This site from atozteacherstuff.com provides a lesson to help pupils develop an appreciation for poetry. This site will also will help create meaning from poetry.
Website
American Indian Heritage Foundation

Aztec Poems: Indigenous Peoples' Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has some Aztec poems. These are excellent examples of Aztec poetry. Each one is very unique.

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