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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 2009. 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 (Grades K-2)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 3-5)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 9-12)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 6-8)
Poetry Activities & Prompts: Printables Slideshow
Printables
Shape Poems
Patriotic Poems and Songs
Last Day Blues Student Poem for Teacher
Couplets: Find My Better Half
Couplets
Limericks: What's My Line?
Hang Up a Haiku
More Popular Poetry Printables
Lesson Plans
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
Metaphor Unit Poems
Ready to Rhyme with Hop on Pop
An Autobiographical Poem
The History & Poetry of "In Flanders Fields"
Getting to Know Each Other Through Poetry
Fall Haiku
More Poetry Lesson Plans
Art Activities
Fall Similes
Chinese Calligraphy
Family Finger Plays
Hey There, Stink Bug! Activity Guide
Literature & Math: Stories about Planets
Our Flag Poetry Pack
Jaha and Jamil Went Down the Hill Activity
Music Activities
Robert Burns Biography
Rufus and Friends: Rhyme Time Reader's Theater
Enter the Poetry Contest
Action Poems and Songs
"I'm Thankful for . . ."
References
Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn
John Keats - Biography & Activities
Wilfred Owen Biography
"Hunger" by Emily Dickinson
Geoffrey Chaucer Biography
Interview with Jose Garcia Villa
Pulitzer Prize Winners for Poetry
William Butler Yeats
Contemporary Irish Writers Live Up to Legend
How Do I Love Thee?
Memorial Poetry
Where Students Can Publish
Poetry Glossary
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
Winter Quotations
Quizzes
Poets and Poems Quiz
Alphabetizing Poets Quiz
Poetry Word Scramble
Poetry Terms Quiz
Poets
Black Authors and Poets -- Mix and Match
Black Authors and Poets -- ABC Order
Langston Hughes, an Everyday Poet
Black Authors and Poets -- Mix and Match (Answer Key)
Letter from Poet Joyce Sidman
Black Authors and Poets -- ABC Order (Answer Key)
Poetry Worksheets
More Resources about Poets
Holiday Poetry Activities
Acrostic Poem: Earth Day
"In Flanders Fields"
Irish Literature and Folklore Quiz
"Twas the Night Before Christmas": Full Text
Holiday Poems
Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A Lovely Light
Recycled Poetry
More Poetry Activities for Holidays
Social Studies & Poetry Connected
Because I Am Furniture Discussion Guide
Rhyming States
Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series Two
Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One
Princess of Black Poetry: Nikki Giovanni
Creating Your Own Career Poem
Inaugural Poetry
More Poetry Activities for Social Studies
History & Poetry Connected
The Odyssey
Women Abolitionists -- Poem and Speech
Old South Meeting House
A Thanksgiving Poem
Holocaust Cinquain
African-American Poetry
Poetry Wheel
More Poetry Activities for History
Science & Poetry Connected
Fall Acrostic Poem
As Soon As It's Fall Poetry Pack
Animal Poems & Animal Shapes
Literature & Math: Stories about Giants
Snowflakes Poem
Book Awards & Prizes
Earth Chants and Poems
More Poetry Activities for Science
Food & Poetry Connected
Poetry is Sporty
Science and Writing: Food Poetry
Favorite Foods
Language Arts & Poetry Connected
Bio Poem Handout
Scoring Rubric: Poetry
Teacher's Guide to Cam Jansen Mysteries
Rhyme Relay
Poetry Terms
A Collection of Poetry Activities
Denotation/Connotation
More Poetry Activities for Language Arts
More Literature Resources
Discover Nursery Rhymes
Sample Metaphor Poems
Nursery Rhyme Collection
Types of Poetry
How to Read a Poem
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors
Emotion Similes
More Literature Resources for Teachers

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