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Preposition Pizazz

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine examples of poems and identify the prepositions in them. They write original poems using prepositional phrases and create illustrations to go with them.
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PhotoStory 3 Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this lesson, PhotoStory 3, students create a story board of an original poem through the use of PhotoStory 3 presentation. Students write a poem and use it to develop their storyboard. Students publish and share their storyboard. ...
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Who Am I?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete an acrostic poem and use digital photo activities for the poem. In this acrostic poem and technology activity, students use Word Art and digital cameras to create a technology integrated acrostic poem.
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Ted Hughes "Pike"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers analyze how a poet uses language to capture creatures and draft a poem on a 'sinister' animal. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read Ted Hughes' poem 'Pike' and analyze pictures of pike fish. Middle schoolers use...
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The Journey of the Magi

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create storyboards. In this pre-Christmas special lesson, students produce a storyboard for a TV version of the poem, "The Journey of the Magi". Options to complete with or without technology are included.
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Borrowed Inspiration: Writing Social Commentary

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students read poems with social themes. In this poetry analysis lesson plan, students read poems selected by their instructors and complete the provided social commentary chart to determine how the poems speak out against social ills....
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You Too Can Haiku: How to Write a Haiku

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by writing their own poems. In this haiku lesson, students investigate the Japanese culture and their beautiful music, poetry and art. Students count the syllables in every line of a haiku poem and write...
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Fall

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read "Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf" then they brainstorm words about fall that begin with the letters F, A, and L. They compose and decorate their own acrostic poem then they write a Fall story and complete a final copy in the computer...
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What has Year 7 Got in Store for You?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this poetry worksheet, students write their fears and hopes for the year and then write an acrostic poem spelling out year seven. Students answer three short answer questions.
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Upon the Burning of Our House

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read the poem "Upon the Burning of Our House" and complete analysis activities. In this poetry analysis instructional activity, 10th graders read the poem and create original scenes summarizing the stanza.
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Imagiste

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students grow toward a fuller understanding of what poetry and time is like as well as a better understanding of their own life by creating a poster poem with images of their own lives.
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"Quack Said the Billy-goat"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the poem together, "Quack Said the Billy-goat" and discuss what makes the poem funny and which words rhyme. They observe the teacher writing a new first verse, changing some of the text, but leaving the original rhyme...
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James Whitcomb Riley

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students describe James Whitcomb Riley's poems and identify the themes they portray. For this poetry lesson plan, students read the history of James Whitcomb Riley and read some of his poems.
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The Search for Character!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders define character words, look for real-life examples of the traits "in action," and write an acrostic poem based on one of these qualities.
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Writing Places

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm ideas after being read a poem and then are to write their own poem and read them out loud.
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Reading and Responding

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read and respond to poetry. They identify the author's purpose and connect the literature to their personal experiences. Students critically analyze the poem and write a poem of their own.
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The Road Not Taken

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken." In this poem analysis lesson, students review vocabulary for the poem and read the poem. Students discuss the meanings in each stanza, the theme, and its rhyme scheme. Students...
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Reader's Workshop - Expression - Day 3

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders come up with motions to put with their poem and read their poem with expression. In this expression lesson plan, 2nd graders work in groups to complete this task.
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Symbolism Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students define the terms symbolism and mood. In groups, they read a poem by Robert Frost and identify the concepts in the poem. As a class, they discuss how the two elements give a meaning to the writing. They also give their own...
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The Name Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students identify animals and their babies. In this animal name lesson, students come up with other animals whose babies have the same name. Students use the names of animals and their babies to write poems.
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Who Are You?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete self projects such as a collage, an acrostic poem, a mural, and more, to show their similarities and differences. In this similarities and differences lesson plan, students can do these projects individually or in groups.
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Out of the Dust

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read a book of poems called "Out of the Dust". In groups, they research the Dust Bowl and how it affected people living through the Great Depression. Using the text, they identify the theme and key turning points and...
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Reading and Responding

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read and respond to a poem. In this reading and responding lesson plan, 8th graders read a poem as a class and respond to questions about it.
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Oral Language

For Teachers K
Students explore rhyming words. In this rhyming lesson, students discuss rhyming words, brainstorm words that end with 'at,' read poems with rhyming words and create their own rhyming books.

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