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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 (Grades K-2)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 6-8)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 3-5)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 9-12)
Poetry Activities & Prompts: Printables Slideshow

Printables

Dreams Poem
Shape Poems
Dreams Poetry Unit
"The Raven" Poem & Activities
Scoring Rubric: Poetry
Chinese Calligraphy
Types of Poetry
More Popular Poetry Printables

Lesson Plans

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

Art Activities

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

Music Activities

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

References

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

Quizzes

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

Poets

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

Holiday Poetry Activities

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

Social Studies & Poetry Connected

A Wreath for Emmett Till Teacher's Guide
Inaugural Poetry
Princess of Black Poetry: Nikki Giovanni
Locomotion & Peace, Locomotion Discussion Guide
Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One
The Odyssey Teacher's Guide
Rhyming States
More Poetry Activities for Social Studies

History & Poetry Connected

The Odyssey
Old South Meeting House
Women Abolitionists -- Poem and Speech
A Thanksgiving Poem
Holocaust Cinquain
Poetry Wheel
Alexander Pushkin Word Search
More Poetry Activities for History

Science & Poetry Connected

Snowflakes Poem
Sensory Poems
As Soon As It's Fall Poetry Pack
I Dreamed I Was a Snowman Poetry Pack
Faces of the Moon Teacher's Guide
Fall into Rhyme
Animal Poems & Animal Shapes
More Poetry Activities for Science

Food & Poetry Connected

Favorite Foods
Science and Writing: Food Poetry
Poetry is Sporty

Language Arts & Poetry Connected

Teacher's Guide to Cam Jansen Mysteries
A Collection of Poetry Activities
Denotation/Connotation
Counting Strong Words in Poetry
Reciting-a-Poem Speech
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Perplexed Poetry
My Favorite Poem
More Poetry Activities for Language Arts

More Literature Resources

Sample Metaphor Poems
Bio Poem Handout
Discover Nursery Rhymes
Last Day Blues Student Poem for Teacher
Poetry Terms Quiz
Poetry Jam! Sub Kit (Grades 7-8)
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors
More Literature Resources for Teachers

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