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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 6-8)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 3-5)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 9-12)
Poetry Activities & Prompts: Printables Slideshow
Printables
"I'm Thankful for . . ."
A Thanksgiving Poem
Shape Poems
The World of Shel Silverstein - A Guide for Teachers and Librarians
Scoring Rubric: Poetry
Types of Poetry
Teacher's Guide to Cam Jansen Mysteries
More Popular Poetry Printables
Lesson Plans
Fall Similes
Metaphor Unit Poems
The History & Poetry of "In Flanders Fields"
Fall Haiku
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
Fall Acrostic Poem
Holiday Poems
More Poetry Lesson Plans
Art Activities
Family Finger Plays
Chinese Calligraphy
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
Patriotic Poems and Songs
Rufus and Friends: Rhyme Time Reader's Theater
Action Poems and Songs
Robert Burns Biography
Enter the Poetry Contest
References
Poetry Glossary
Interview with Jose Garcia Villa
Pulitzer Prize Winners for Poetry
Where Students Can Publish
Winter Quotations
"Hunger" by Emily Dickinson
Memorial Poetry
Contemporary Irish Writers Live Up to Legend
How Do I Love Thee?
William Butler Yeats
Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn
John Keats - Biography & Activities
Wilfred Owen Biography
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
Geoffrey Chaucer Biography
Quizzes
Poetry Terms Quiz
Poetry Word Scramble
Poets and Poems Quiz
Alphabetizing Poets 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
"In Flanders Fields"
"Twas the Night Before Christmas": Full Text
Poetic Language in "Memories of Christmas"
Recycled Poetry
Acrostic Poem: Earth Day
Dreams Poem
Irish Literature and Folklore Quiz
More Poetry Activities for Holidays
Social Studies & Poetry Connected
An Autobiographical Poem
Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One
Inaugural Poetry
Rhyming States
A Wreath for Emmett Till Teacher's Guide
"The New Colossus" -- Dramatic Reading
Locomotion & Peace, Locomotion Discussion Guide
More Poetry Activities for Social Studies
History & Poetry Connected
The Odyssey
Poetry Wheel
Women Abolitionists -- Poem and Speech
Old South Meeting House
An Author's Tribute to the Mercury 13 Women
Holocaust Cinquain
African-American Poetry
More Poetry Activities for History
Science & Poetry Connected
Fall into Rhyme
As Soon As It's Fall Poetry Pack
Writing Fall Haiku
Sensory Poems
Faces of the Moon Teacher's Guide
Animal Poems & Animal Shapes
Literature & Math: Stories about Aliens, Earth & the Solar System
More Poetry Activities for Science
Food & Poetry Connected
Favorite Foods
Poetry is Sporty
Science and Writing: Food Poetry
Language Arts & Poetry Connected
Poetry Terms
Bio Poem Handout
A Collection of Poetry Activities
Denotation/Connotation
Counting Strong Words in Poetry
Reciting-a-Poem Speech
Cowboy Slim Activity Guide
More Poetry Activities for Language Arts
More Literature Resources
Sample Metaphor Poems
Discover Nursery Rhymes
Emotion Similes
Ready to Rhyme with Hop on Pop
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors
Alliteration and Assonance
How to Read a Poem
More Literature Resources for Teachers

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