Put the tips and tricks in this guide into practice in order to encourage your pupils to blossom into poets. A wonderful reference material for teachers, this packet includes definitions of poetic terms and forms as well as step-by-step processes for teaching kids how to write original poems.

Concepts

poetry, types of poetry, poetic forms, figurative language, literary terms, poetic elements, rhymes, genres

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Follow the two-week plan outlined in the resource or pick and choose the worksheets and activities that fit your plans for teaching how to write poetry

Classroom Considerations

• Note that this is not a fully articulated unit, but it is pretty close, and it is intended to help you plan a full unit

Pros

• Comes with student samples that you can show your class during the prewriting process
• Provides easy-to-read charts and lists of terms and topics that you can use for reference when planning
• Includes a two-week schedule for a poetry writing unit
• Make sure to scan the entire document to find poetry writing prompts and worksheets necessary for the steps described in the plan

Cons

• None