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Poetry Resources for Teachers

Celebrate National Poetry Month by filling your April lessons with lyrical activities. Explore poetry on a daily basis with our Daily Poetry Podcasts or subscribe to our  Poem of the Day Daily Feed and take your students to new writing levels. Try our poetry kit, provided by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which gives you plenty of ideas for celebrating National Poetry Month in April. You can also use our slideshows to find a wealth of popular activities to choose from. We have printables, lesson plans, activities, and references for you to use in your cross-curricular study of the art of poetry.

Slideshows

Poetry Lessons & Activities: Gallery of Worksheets (Grades 6-8)
Poetry Lessons & Worksheets: Gallery of Activities (Grades 3-5)
Poetry Lessons & Activities: Gallery of Worksheets (Grades K-2)
Poetry Lessons & Worksheets: Gallery of Activities (Grades 9-12)
Top 10 Poetry Activities & Prompts: Printables Gallery

Printables

Last Day Blues Student Poem for Teacher
Shape Poems
Scoring Rubric: Poetry
"The Raven" Poem & Activities
Types of Poetry
Teacher's Guide to Cam Jansen Mysteries
Chinese Calligraphy
More Popular Poetry Printables

Lesson Plans

Poetry Lesson Plans by Taylor Mali
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
An Autobiographical Poem
Metaphor Unit Poems
Getting to Know Each Other Through Poetry
The History & Poetry of "In Flanders Fields"
Fall Haiku
Fall Similes
More Poetry Lesson Plans

Art Activities

Family Finger Plays
Jaha and Jamil Went Down the Hill Activity
Literature & Math: Stories about Planets
Hey There, Stink Bug! Activity Guide
Our Flag Poetry Pack

Music Activities

Action Poems and Songs
Patriotic Poems and Songs
Leave Your Sleep Teacher's Guide
Robert Burns Biography
"I'm Thankful for . . ."
Enter the Poetry Contest
Rufus and Friends: Rhyme Time Reader's Theater

References

William Butler Yeats
Poetry Terms Glossary
Interview with Jose Garcia Villa
Where Students Can Publish
John Keats - Biography & Activities
Wilfred Owen Biography
"Hunger" by Emily Dickinson
Pulitzer Prize Winners for Poetry
Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn
Geoffrey Chaucer Biography
How Do I Love Thee?
Memorial Poetry
Quotations from Winter Poems
Contemporary Irish Writers Live Up to Legend
Bollingen Prize in Poetry

Quizzes

Poetry Word Scramble
Alphabetizing Poets Quiz
Poets and Poems Quiz
Poetry Terms Quiz

Poets

Langston Hughes, an Everyday Poet
Your Poem Is Waiting: Letter of Advice from Poet Joyce Sidman
TeacherVision Interviews Author Taylor Mali
Gwendolyn Brooks
Phillis Wheatley
Jose Garcia Villa
African-American Poetry
More Resources about Poets

Holiday Poetry Activities

Poetic Language in "Memories of Christmas"
"Twas the Night Before Christmas": Full Text
Dreams Poem
Dreams Poetry Unit
Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A Lovely Light
"In Flanders Fields"
Holiday Poems
More Poetry Activities for Holidays

Social Studies & Poetry Connected

Leif the Unlucky Historical Figure Bio-Poem
The Iliad Teacher's Guide
Inaugural Poetry
Princess of Black Poetry: Nikki Giovanni
Poetry Tips from Paul Janeczko
A Wreath for Emmett Till Teacher's Guide
Locomotion & Peace, Locomotion Discussion Guide
More Poetry Activities for Social Studies

History & Poetry Connected

The Odyssey
An Author's Tribute to the Mercury 13 Women
Alexander Pushkin Word Search
The Odyssey Teacher's Guide
Robert Frost's Poems: Teacher's Guide
A Thanksgiving Poem
Old South Meeting House
More Poetry Activities for History

Science & Poetry Connected

Dinosaur Poetry
Sensory Poems
As Soon As It's Fall Poetry Pack
Animal Poems & Animal Shapes
Fall into Rhyme
Writing Diamantes
Earth Chants and Poems
More Poetry Activities for Science

Food & Poetry Connected

Favorite Foods
Poetry is Sporty
Science and Writing: Food Poetry

Language Arts & Poetry Connected

A Collection of Poetry Activities
Counting Strong Words in Poetry
Cowboy Slim Activity Guide
Couplets: Find My Better Half
Couplets
Limericks: What's My Line?
Hang Up a Haiku
More Poetry Activities for Language Arts

More Literature Resources

Sample Metaphor Poems
Bio Poem Handout
The "I Remember" Poem
Analyze a Jose Garcia Villa Poem
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors
Independent Reading Guide: Poetry
Colorful Poetry
More Literature Resources for Teachers

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