Copy all pages to create a book of poems during a poetry study. From alliteration to cinquain to acrostic poem, your class won't run out of templates for writing poems! Each sheet serves as a template for an entire book of poems. Other poems include animal, list, color, and -ing poems.

Concepts

poetry

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the sheets as a template for learners to write a rough draft of each type of poem. Then, have them write a final draft in the same form on notebook paper
• Create a bulletin board during poetry month (April) to showcase poems written by the class
• Pick and choose the pages you want to use versus copying the entire packet

Classroom Considerations

• Resource is intended to be printed as an entire packet, but can be altered to fit your needs
• Assumes learners are familiar with each type of poem

Pros

• The 17-page packet comes with multiple sheets for writing several types of poems
• A great addition to a poetry unit

Cons

• Requires a lot of copies

Common Core

L.2.2.a L.2.5.a L.3.2.a L.3.5.a