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7th Grade Poetry Project Activity7th Grade Poetry Project Activity
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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Year
2013
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7th Grade Poetry Project

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Ask your pupils to explore the sounds, forms, and language of poetry by putting together a portfolio of their own work. In a binder, learners collect the poems listed on the second page of the assignment sheet. Each individual creates a cover page and illustrates his or her poems before organizing them into categories and writing a table of contents.

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poetic forms, poetry

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poetry, poetry portfolio, figurative language, poetic forms, english language arts

Pros

  • Clearly lists specific requirements for the assignment
  • Provides a model table of contents that lists out the variety of different poetry types students are to include

Cons

  • The due dates and table of contents are very specific to the class, but easy to edit because the resource is a Word document

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