Learners are introduced to the concepts of similes, metaphors and personification. In groups or individually, they read different poems identifying the similes, metaphors and instances of personification in each. They record all answers...

Students read aloud Langston Hughes poems. They select a poem and read aloud to music.

Students produce iMovies to share their thoughts of friendship along with poetry creations in this technology-based lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. The lesson includes a link to a "create a poem" site and requires computers...

Students reflect on a news report through poetry. Students write a poem based on this week's news events. Students share poems with each other. Students reflect on a poem of their choosing.

Ninth graders explore the elements in poetry. In groups, they complete a jigsaw puzzle and discover the strategies for completing a puzzle and reading a poem are similar. Students read short poems and identify key elements in a poem...

Learners read a verse from the song, "Home on the Range," and determine if 7 statements about the verse are true or false. An interesting activity using this classic song.

Young scholars participate in a discussion about water and create water-inspired poetry. In this poetry lesson, students demonstrate a memorable experience involving water by constructing a poem.

Students create a bio-poem for themselves or characters in stories they have read. They explore common character traits.

Students explore their feelings about rain through art, music, and poetry. They listen to music as they think about rain and determine how they feel about rain. Students create either poetry or artwork about as they listen to music...

Students, after examining three forms of poetry, review and document a variety of literary terms. Vocabulary words are enveloped into the literary terms as well and are cited from each selection by each student.

Third graders read poetry inspired by nature. They talk a walk in nature or in their neighborhood with paper and pen and write down feelings and perceptions. They write a poem about their walk and share it with the class.

Students develop oral fluency through reading and singing. They sing "This Land is Your Land" and discuss what the pictures and words mean in the song. They connect the song and poem and previous learning and write a journal.

In this writing poetry about the meadow worksheet, learners, after completing a lesson on meadow habitats, read the poem "Over in the Meadow" and then write additional stanzas using rhyming words and facts from the habitat lesson.

In this poetry worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions on different aspects of poetry. Students complete 40 questions total.

In this poetry worksheet, students read different poetry and identify the type of poetry that is being used based on the sound. Students complete 10 short answer questions.

Students incorporate their conceptual understanding of proportions to write a creative piece similar to the example poem.

In this Halloween writing worksheet, learners use the cover sheet and decorated lined paper to write poems and stories of their own. Students may staple the pages into a book.

Young scholars use poetry to compare and contrast humans and frogs.

Young scholars practice visualizing what they read and hear in a text. They listen to selected passages from a text read by the instructor. Students discuss the visual pictures they see when listening to the text. After listening to a...

In this poetry comprehension learning exercise, students read a poem about leadership qualities called "The Leader". Students answer 4 essay questions about the poem.

Students read and analyze Walt Whitman's poem, "Leaves of Grass." They compare/contrast Whitman's style to artist Takamori's style, and write an original poem about their childhood and fond memories.

In this language arts worksheet, students respond to the book Silly Sally by completing an activity at home. Students read the poems in each of 4 boxes and cut one of the pictures from the bottom of the page to help finish the rhyme....

Second graders analyze storytelling devices by examining sensory details in literature. In this descriptive writing lesson, 2nd graders define the 5 senses and practice using descriptive vocabulary words in their writing. Students read...

In this "The Clever Hen" worksheet, students read the poem, review 6 sight words and arrange the 12 pictures in chronological order.