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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.
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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
"I'm Thankful for . . ."
Shape Poems
A Thanksgiving Poem
Fall into Rhyme
Writing Fall Haiku
As Soon As It's Fall Poetry Pack
Teacher's Guide to Cam Jansen Mysteries
More Popular Poetry Printables
Lesson Plans
Fall Similes
The History & Poetry of "In Flanders Fields"
Metaphor Unit Poems
Fall Haiku
Fall Acrostic Poem
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
An Autobiographical Poem
More Poetry Lesson Plans
Art Activities
Family Finger Plays
Chinese Calligraphy
Literature & Math: Stories about Planets
Hey There, Stink Bug! Activity Guide
Our Flag Poetry Pack
Jaha and Jamil Went Down the Hill Activity
Music Activities
Rufus and Friends: Rhyme Time Reader's Theater
Patriotic Poems and Songs
Enter the Poetry Contest
Action Poems and Songs
Robert Burns Biography
References
Poetry Glossary
Interview with Jose Garcia Villa
Where Students Can Publish
"Hunger" by Emily Dickinson
Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn
Pulitzer Prize Winners for Poetry
How Do I Love Thee?
William Butler Yeats
Contemporary Irish Writers Live Up to Legend
John Keats - Biography & Activities
Geoffrey Chaucer Biography
Memorial Poetry
Wilfred Owen Biography
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
Winter Quotations
Quizzes
Poetry Terms Quiz
Poets and Poems Quiz
Alphabetizing Poets Quiz
Poetry Word Scramble
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
"In Flanders Fields"
"Twas the Night Before Christmas": Full Text
Holiday Poems
Poetic Language in "Memories of Christmas"
Recycled Poetry
Dreams Poem
Dreams Poetry Unit
More Poetry Activities for Holidays
Social Studies & Poetry Connected
Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One
Inaugural Poetry
"The New Colossus" -- Dramatic Reading
Princess of Black Poetry: Nikki Giovanni
Creating Your Own Career Poem
Alexander Pushkin Word Search
Irish Literature and Folklore Quiz
More Poetry Activities for Social Studies
History & Poetry Connected
The Odyssey
Women Abolitionists -- Poem and Speech
African-American Poetry
Poetry Wheel
Old South Meeting House
Holocaust Cinquain
An Author's Tribute to the Mercury 13 Women
More Poetry Activities for History
Science & Poetry Connected
Literature & Math: Stories about Aliens, Earth & the Solar System
Faces of the Moon Teacher's Guide
Sensory Poems
Animal Poems & Animal Shapes
Earth Chants and Poems
Writing Diamantes
Little Turtle Poetry Pack
More Poetry Activities for Science
Food & Poetry Connected
Science and Writing: Food Poetry
Favorite Foods
Poetry is Sporty
Language Arts & Poetry Connected
Scoring Rubric: Poetry
Poetry Terms
Denotation/Connotation
Bio Poem Handout
A Collection of Poetry Activities
Counting Strong Words in Poetry
Reciting-a-Poem Speech
More Poetry Activities for Language Arts
More Literature Resources
Sample Metaphor Poems
Discover Nursery Rhymes
Types of Poetry
Ready to Rhyme with Hop on Pop
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors
Emotion Similes
Nursery Rhyme Collection
More Literature Resources for Teachers

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