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August Acrostic
In this literature worksheet, students write an original acrostic poem about the month of August. Students begin each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on each line.
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February acrostic poem
In this February worksheet, students write an acrostic poem about the month of February. The worksheet includes the letters in the month.
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Acrostic Poem: June
In this June worksheet, students write an acrostic poem about the month of June. Students begin each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on that line.
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Acrostic Poem: January
In this June activity, students write an acrostic poem about the month of January. Students begin each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on that line.
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My Winter Acrostic
Young scholars create an acrostic poem about winter. In this lesson about acrostic poems, students explore acrostic poetry. Young scholars read an acrostic poem as an example. As a class, students come up with an acrostic poem for the...
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September Acrostic
In this writing worksheet, students write an original acrostic poem about the month of September. Students begin each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on that line.
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October Acrostic
In this writing worksheet, students write an original acrostic poem about the month of October. Students begin each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on that line.
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Louis: Acrostic Poem
In this writing worksheet, students write an original acrostic poem on the main character, Louis, from the book, The Trumpet of the Swan.
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Poetry Slams and Lesson Plans
Poetry slams can lead your students beyond a focus on rhyme and meter and into the emotional pull of poetry.
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Other Poetic Types
Rather than a lesson, this resource is a list of poetic forms and young poets are encouraged to try their hand at composing poems of various types.
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Seeing the Image in Imagery: A Lesson Plan Using Film
In our increasingly visual society, it is often difficult for some readers to create a mental picture of a picture created only with words. An image-rich text like F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby can therefore, present a real...
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Plants Acrostic Poem
In this acrostic poem worksheet, 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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Nevada Acrostic
In this Nevada acrostic worksheet, students write an acrostic poem about the state of Nevada. Students use the letters in NEVADA to begin each new line of poetry.
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1900 America: Primary Sources and Epic Poetry
Using Walt Whitman's Song of Myself and Hart Crane's The Bridge as models, class groups first craft their own epic poems for 1900 and, using primary sources, create a multi-media presentation that captures the sights and...
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Calligrams
Poetry can inspire learners to create beautiful works of art. In this presentation, they are shown how to design calligrams, a type of poetry that uses words as art. This is a creative way to motivate learners to explore poetry.
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Poetry: "Seven Types of Shadow"
Students examine the way ghosts are portrayed in films and literature. In this poetry lesson, students listen to the first five stanzas of the poem "Seven Types of Shadow" read by U A Fanthorpe on The Poetry Archive website and...
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Camels: Acrostic Poem
In his acrostic poem about camels worksheet, students begin each line or phrase with a word that starts with the letter c, a, m, e, l, and s. Students write a six line poem.
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Edward Lear, Limericks, and Nonsense: There Once Was?
Students explore limericks. In this poetry writing instructional activity, students listen to and read a variety of poems written by Edward Lear. Students count syllables and identify meter by clapping as they read aloud. Students...
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Westward Expansion Vocabulary
Here is a nice set of worksheets that your kids can use while studying the fascinating period of Westward Expansion in the United States. Types of worksheets include a vocabulary quiz, acrostic poem handout, reading comprehension,...
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Making a Claim: Emma Burke’s Point of View of the Immediate Aftermath of the Earthquake
Sharpen those pencils; it's time to write! Scholars begin writing the first body paragraph of their literary analysis essays. Additionally, pupils use graphic organizers to analyze a character's point of view from Laurence Yep's...
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Lyric Poetry Lesson
Students synthesize the "textbook" definition of lyric poetry and discuss various forms (love lyric, complaint lyric, loss lyric, satiric lyric). They discover the relationship of poetry to musical selections.
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ESL - Thematic Unit Plan
Learners read a variety of poetry books together in small groups. They examine Haiku poetry and share their favorites. They write their own Haiku either individually in a pair. They read and discuss limericks and work on writing their own.
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Personal Poetry Books
Learners work in the classroom and in the computer lab to produce a Personal Poetry Book.
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The Life and Lines of Robinson Jeffers
Robinson Jeffers had various twists and turns in his life that make for a great quiz! Fairly long questions are complex and detailed. Contains a lot of biographical information and a little bit of information about his poems.
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