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Biopoem Strategy as Part of a Character Analysis for Of Mice and Men

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Readers of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men will learn much “more than what (is) said to them” as they use the biopoem format and craft a poem about one of the major characters in Steinbeck’s tragic story of Geroge Milton and Lennie...
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Poetry Internation Volume 17, 2011

Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance in Poetry

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Three poems, “Under the Mangoes” by Jacqueline Bishop, Eleanor Wilner’s “What It Hinges On,” and Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” provide the text for an examination of alliteration, consonance, and assonance. After...
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Poetry Appreciation – "The Raven"

For Students 7th - 9th
Introduce your class to "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe with this series of activities, exercises, and worksheets. Class members examine an image, analyze a movie trailer, read a prose version of the poem, look up vocabulary, and pick out...
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Breaking News English: Poems and Poetry

For Students 5th - 10th
In this poems and poetry instructional activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion...
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Food Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this creating an acrostic poem worksheet, learners read the definition and example of an acrostic poem and write one using the word FOOD. Students write a 4 line poem.
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Flag Day Acrostic Poem

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this creating an acrostic poem activity, students write a poem using the letters in FLAG DAY. Students write a 7 line poem.
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Civil War Acrostic Poem

For Students 4th - 5th
In this creative writing instructional activity, learners use the letters in the words CIVIL WAR to write an acrostic poem. Students write a 8 line poem.
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China Acrostic Poem

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this creating a poem learning exercise, students use the letters in CHINA to write an acrostic poem. Students write 5 lines about the country China.
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Invention Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this creative writing learning exercise, students write an acrostic poem using the letters in the word INVENTION. Students create a 9 line poem.
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Keats' Poems by John Keats

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this literature instructional activity, students respond to 41 short answer and essay questions about poetry by John Keats. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the selections at the bottom of the page.
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Great Authors Acrostic Poem

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this creative writing instructional activity, students use the letters in AUTHOR to write an acrostic poem. Students write a 6 line poem.
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Keats' Poems Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 15 multiple choice questions about the poetry of John Keats. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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A Poem About Sadness

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this emotional health learning exercise, students explore the feelings of sadness, grief and loss by first reading and decorating a poem which states that it is all right to feel sad. Students color emotion pictures and discuss as a...
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Analyzing Poetry

For Students 10th - 12th
Use this poetry analysis instructional activity to help your learners understand a poem of their or your choosing. This resource asks class members to summarize the poem and analyze it by looking at voice, word choice, imagery, and...
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Poems: Eating Treats

For Students K Standards
Which poem is best? Your kindergarten class follows along as you read three different poems. They decide which one they like best, then draw a picture to illustrate it. The class can also discuss why they chose the poems they did. A...
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Poems: Humourous Verses

For Students 1st
First grade is a great time to build strong reading skills. Here are three short rhyming poems or common nursery rhymes that are intended to help boost reading fluency. Because most children know these rhymes, they will have an easier...
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Whatif by Shel Silverstein

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
What a skillful way to incorporate Shel Silverstein, a wonderful author, into the classroom. Composed of three tasks, children are led through a series of text-dependent questions that force them to unveil the meaning of Silverstein's...
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Homer’s Odyssey Reading Guide

For Students 9th
Looking for a list of reading questions to use with The Odyssey? Provided here are dozens of questions (although certain sections are left out). Use these questions to create your own reading guide for the famous epic poem. 
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First Grade Reading

For Teachers 1st
In this reading worksheet, 1st graders complete multiple choice questions about poems, letters, reading passages, and more. Students complete 25 questions.
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Antarctica Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Antarctica poetry worksheet, students first read about how to write an acrostic poem. Students write an acrostic poem using the letters in ANTARCTICA. Each line of poetry will begin with the letters that are printed down in a...
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Plants Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this acrostic poem activity, students show what they know about plants by writing an acrostic poem. Students use the letters in PLANTS to begin each line of poetry that tells about plants.
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Africa Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 4th
In this Africa poem learning exercise, students write an acrostic poem about Africa. Students use each letter in the name AFRICA as the beginning of a line that tells something about Africa. There is a sample poem.
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Dinosaur Acrostic Poem

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this writing poetry activity, students explore acrostic poems. Students write an acrostic poem by using the eight letters in the word "dinosaur" to describe a dinosaur.
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Ancient Egypt Acrostic Poem

For Students 4th - 7th
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students read an example of an acrostic poem. Students then write their own acrostic poems using the letters ANCIENT EGYPT.

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