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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 6-8)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 9-12)
Poetry Activities & Prompts: Printables Slideshow
Printables
Shape Poems
Dreams Poem
Dreams Poetry Unit
Chinese Calligraphy
Scoring Rubric: Poetry
Types of Poetry
Teacher's Guide to Cam Jansen Mysteries
More Popular Poetry Printables
Lesson Plans
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
Metaphor Unit Poems
An Autobiographical Poem
Emotion Similes
Fall Haiku
The History & Poetry of "In Flanders Fields"
Getting to Know Each Other Through Poetry
More Poetry Lesson Plans
Art Activities
Family Finger Plays
Fall Similes
Literature & Math: Stories about Planets
Our Flag Poetry Pack
Hey There, Stink Bug! Activity Guide
Jaha and Jamil Went Down the Hill Activity
Music Activities
Rufus and Friends: Rhyme Time Reader's Theater
Action Poems and Songs
Robert Burns Biography
Enter the Poetry Contest
"I'm Thankful for . . ."
Patriotic Poems and Songs
References
How Do I Love Thee?
Poetry Terms Glossary
Poetry Glossary
Interview with Jose Garcia Villa
Quotations from Winter Poems
"Hunger" by Emily Dickinson
Pulitzer Prize Winners for Poetry
Memorial Poetry
Contemporary Irish Writers Live Up to Legend
William Butler Yeats
Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn
John Keats - Biography & Activities
Where Students Can Publish
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
Geoffrey Chaucer Biography
Wilfred Owen Biography
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
Acrostic Poem: Earth Day
Recycled Poetry
Poetic Language in "Memories of Christmas"
Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A Lovely Light
"Twas the Night Before Christmas": Full Text
"In Flanders Fields"
Irish Literature and Folklore Quiz
More Poetry Activities for Holidays
Social Studies & Poetry Connected
A Wreath for Emmett Till Teacher's Guide
Inaugural Poetry
Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One
Princess of Black Poetry: Nikki Giovanni
Creating Your Own Career Poem
Locomotion & Peace, Locomotion Discussion Guide
"The New Colossus" -- Dramatic Reading
More Poetry Activities for Social Studies
History & Poetry Connected
The Odyssey
Women Abolitionists -- Poem and Speech
Old South Meeting House
Holocaust Cinquain
African-American Poetry
Poetry Wheel
An Author's Tribute to the Mercury 13 Women
More Poetry Activities for History
Science & Poetry Connected
Snowflakes Poem
As Soon As It's Fall Poetry Pack
Sensory Poems
Faces of the Moon Teacher's Guide
I Dreamed I Was a Snowman Poetry Pack
Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up Story Time Guide
Animal Poems & Animal Shapes
More Poetry Activities for Science
Food & Poetry Connected
Science and Writing: Food Poetry
Favorite Foods
Poetry is Sporty
Language Arts & Poetry Connected
A Collection of Poetry Activities
Bio Poem Handout
Denotation/Connotation
Reciting-a-Poem Speech
Counting Strong Words in Poetry
Cowboy Slim Activity Guide
Baby Sister Poetry Pack
More Poetry Activities for Language Arts
More Literature Resources
Sample Metaphor Poems
Discover Nursery Rhymes
Love That Dog & Hate That Cat Teacher's Guide
Acrostic Poems
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors
Speak Discussion Guide
Poetry Terms Quiz
More Literature Resources for Teachers

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