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Annotating Poetry
Use text marking and highlighting to explore the structure of a poem. After listening to Allan Ahlberg read "Please Mrs. Butler," learners locate stanzas and patterns on their copy of the poem using the text marking technique. Class...
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Introduction to Poetry Lesson Plan
Analyze poetry in a group setting. Middle and high schoolers read lyrics to a Tom Petty song and free write about the song's tone, setting, and speaker. They then complete the same activity in a group setting using seven poems. The...
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Extreme Poetry Vocabulary
Challenge your class with this comprehensive list of literary vocabulary words. Learners take a pre-test, look up definitions, come up with an example, and then take a post-test. You might use this prior to a unit about poetic devices in...
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MTV's Poetry
Students use several strategies in poetry to convey tone and speaker. In this language arts lesson, students read and build vocabulary as they gain a larger understanding of how to write poetry. Students then work in groups in order...
Teaching English
In Flanders Fields
War is one of the most profound human experiences in history, and is often best depicted in works of art and literature. Introduce class members to the poetry of World War I with this resource that uses John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields"...
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
Poetry Aloud/Poetry Out Loud
To appreciate the value of seeing and hearing a poetry performance, groups prepare readings of selected poems and then compare and critique their interpretations and videotaped versions of the same poem. Included in the resource are...
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Directed Reading Thinking Activity: "A Raisin in the Sun"
Students predict outcomes of a text. In this comprehension strategy lesson, students read a poem and compare it to the play A Raisin in the Sun. Students discuss their similarities and the power of dreams.
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End-of-Year Practice Test (Grade 6 ELA/Literacy)
With the end of the year quickly approaching it's time to find out exactly how much your sixth graders have learned. Specifically designed for the Common Core ELA standards, this practice test gives students five reading passages,...
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Introduce Vocabulary: My Chinatown: One Year in Poems (Mak)
Beautiful illustrations and tender memories of cultural identity make Kam Mak's story My Chinatown an ideal resource for budding readers learning four vocabulary words in context: fortune, scraps,...
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Reading Comprehension: "Thankful to Know"
In this poetry comprehension worksheet, students read a poem about love called "Thankful to Know." Students discuss or write about 3 interpretation questions.
K5 Learning
Here Comes the Band
Can you hear the men playing in the band? What are they playing and where are they going? These are the main ideas of a brief fictional passage.
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Dusty Locks and the Three Bears
Read this twist on Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Dusty Locks and the Three Bears by Susan Lowell. Kindergartners listen, predict, and discuss the story. They then participate in a dramatization of the story and draw a picture...
Great Books Foundation
Picture-Books in Winter
Five questions challenge scholars to make inferences after reading a poem, "Picture-Books in Winter" by Robert Louis Stevenson.
New York State Education Department
English Language Arts Examination: June 2014
Should companies track consumers' shopping preferences without their permission? Using the resource, scholars write source-based argumentative essays to answer the question. They also answer reading comprehension questions based on an...
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The Last Lecture: Found Poem
To focus attention on key concepts and vocabulary words in The Last Lecture, readers use power words drawn from the text to craft found poems.
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Keats' Poems Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about the poetry of John Keats. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2004)
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehension Examination worksheet, students read an excerpt from a nonfiction work and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write a unified essay using evidence...
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2010)
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, pupils read an essay and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay based on both passages.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2007)
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students read a poem and an excerpt from a memoir and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write a unified essay using ideas and evidence...
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2006)
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students read a short story and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write a unified essay using ideas from both passages.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2006)
For this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students read a poem and an excerpt from a short story and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write a unified essay in which they use ideas and...
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two( 2005)
In this Regents High School Examination comprehensive Examination in English worksheet, young scholars read an excerpt from a short story and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then compose an essay using...
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Reading Comprehension- Understanding Poetry
In this poetry reading comprehension worksheet, students examine a poem about charity. They discuss references from the poem, and determine what the narrator has done and how the narrator feels about charity.
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Reading Comprehension: What is the Topic?
In this reading comprehension worksheet, middle schoolers read 3 stanzas of poetry by Lord Byron. Students then select the topics that each of the stanzas are about.