Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources Poetry Units

Poems Activities, Worksheets, Printables, and Lesson Plans

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Poetry Units

Poetry Units

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Read and Color

Thrills On the Hills Poem and Activity Book

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Very Quick Readers
     First a Poem For Kids, Now a Pledge to the Flag (Very Quick Reader; Grade 4-6 Readability)

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Short Readers
     Write a Headline Poem (Short Reader; Grade 2-3 Readability)

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Reading Comprehensions
     Autumn Theme Poem
     A Poem - by Jake
     Easter Poems (Grades 4-6)
     Write a Bio Poem (Grades 4-6)
     Write a Found Poem (Grades 4-8)
     You Can Write a Model of This Poem (Grade 5)
     Write a Portrait Poem (Grades 9-12)
     Write a Model of This Poem (Grades 9-12)

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Reluctant Reader Books
     The Legend Behind the Poem (Grade 4-7)

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Read and Color Books

Poetic Penelope Writes a Quatrain

Poetic Penelope Writes Acrostic Poetry

Poetic Penelope Writes a Couplet

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Reading Comprehension Lesson Ideas

Biographies (Grades 3-5)      Enchanted      Jerry Spinelli: From Bat to Pencil      The Courtship of Priscilla Mullins (Grades 6-8)      Henry David Thoreau      Jean Craighead George: The Wonders of Nature      Linda Sue Park: Family History Uncovered      Marcel Proust      Mata Hari, Exotic Spy?      P. T. Barnum      Phillis Wheatley Daily Themes (Grades 1-2)      A Card for Jen      Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat (Grades 3-5)      They Also Serve... Miscellaneous (no assigned grade level)      English Sonnet      Free Verse      Life Poetry      Quatrain (Grades 1-2)      Missing Dad      Sensory Poetry      The Homemade Band      Whose Valentine? (Grades 3-5)      "Shikata Ga Nai" - That's Just the Way It Is, Part 2      A Bit of Doggerel      A Broken Heart      Acrostic Poetry      Andrew Clements      Apology Poetry      Barbara Robinson      Black Literature Leaders      Broad Stripes and Bright Stars — Song for a Flag      Christmas Symbols (nonfiction)      Colonial Schools      Couplets      Have You Seen      Introduction to Couplets      Judith Viorst      Kids Konnected      Letters to Dr. Dinosaur      Magazines and Cards      Name Poetry      Not a "Little" Writer      Oh Say Can You See....and Sing: The National Anthem      One Hundred Days of School Is Cool      Otis the Rhyming Giant      Pen Pal Poetry Party!      People, People Everywhere      Poetry Backwards      Simile Poetry      Talented Greek Architects      The Beginning of Our National Anthem      The Green-Eyed Monster      The Rhyme Comes First - Backwards Poetry      Valentine's Day      Walter Dean Myers      Where's Robbie?, Chapter 4      You Can Write a Ballad      You Can Write a Lune      You Can Write a Rondeau      You Can Write a Triolet      You Can Write a Villanelle      You Can Write Blank Verse (Grades 6-8)      A Dramatic Moment All to Yourself      African Praise Poetry      Alex Flinn      Anglo-Saxon England      Annie Wignall's Care Bags      Barbara Robinson      Beowulf      Blank Verse - Don’t Draw a Blank!      Boccaccio      Caroline Cowles Richards - Life in a Puritan Home      Charlotte, Emily, and Anne: The Bronte Sisters      Chivalry      Cinquain      Comforting, Cozy Quilts      Diamante      Enemies - Using poetry to express feelings about 9/11      Figurative Language      Francis Scott Key and the Star Spangled Banner      From One Ol' Cat to Baseball      Gladiators      Graceful Greek Architecture      Gwendolyn Brooks      Haiku      Hitler Youth and German Girls League      Jackie O      Jean Learns About National Symbols and Holidays      John Christopher      Let Freedom Ring: The Liberty Bell      Lewis Carroll      Limericks      Lorenzo de'Medici      Lucy Larcom - A Life of Change      Mahabharata      Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner      Mood or Tone      Mrs. Wesley: Learning about Immigration      Native American Peace Pipes      Onomatopoeia      Parents Demand Schools!      Paul Fleischman      Paul Revere      Pearl S. Buck      Petrarch the Poet      Phillis Wheatley- Childhood of a Poet      Phillis Wheatley, America's First Black Poet      Phyllis Reynolds Naylor      Picture Poetry      Pioneer African-American Writers      Poetry - Rhyme, Rhythm, and More      Poetry of the Renaissance      Poets of the Harlem Renaissance      Roger Lancelyn Green      Senryu      Sharon Draper      Sherman Alexie, Jr.      Strategies for Effective Reading - Before You Read      Style      Thanksgiving's Superhero: Sarah Hale      The Iliad and the Odyssey, Part 1      The Mystery of the Strand of Pearls, Part 1      The Mystery of the Strand of Pearls, Part 2      The Seven Years War      The Valentine Scavenger Hunt      Theme      Troubadours and Minstrels      Twisters - A Tornado on Your Tongue      Uncle Remus Comes to Life      Unicorns      Valentine's Day Around the World      Valentine's Day Traditions      Walter Dean Myers: Urban Storyteller      What is Hinduism?      What Is Primitivism?      What Is Scrapbooking?      What Is Sikhism?      William Wordsworth      Women Authors      Write a Haiku      Write a Quinzaine      Writing List Poetry      Yearning to Breathe Free — Immigration in the 1890s, Part 1      Yearning to Breathe Free-Immigration in the 1890s, Pt. 1 (Grades 9-12)      A Dream Come True: ICODA      Classy Chinese Characters      E. B. White      Ernest Hemingway      Flannery O'Connor      Helen Hunt Jackson Writes for the Native Americans      Hipparchus      John Steinbeck      Kate Chopin      Kate Thompson      Lorraine Hansberry      Lune: the American Haiku      Nikola Tesla      Ray Bradbury      Robert Cormier      Saki      Samuel Beckett      Satellites      Seamus Heaney      Stephen Crane      The "Beat" of a Different Drum - Rebels of the Nifty Fifties      The Differences between Italian, Spenserian, and English Sonnets      The History of Hinduism      The Mughal Dynasty      The Poetry Slam      We Got Rhythm!      William Shakespeare      Write a Ballad      Write a Rondeau      Write a Rondeau      Write a Triolet      Write a Villanelle      Write a Villanelle      Write Backwards Poetry      Write Blank Verse      Write Free Verse Geography (no assigned grade level)      Ancient Egypt - History (Grades 3-5)      "Fire Mountain"      America the Beautiful      Ireland - Traditions      The Star-Spangled Banner (Grades 6-8)      Ancient Greece - Olympic Games      Bolivia - Culture      Bulgaria - Culture      Chile - Culture: Pablo Neruda      Nicaragua - Culture: El Nino Poeta      Norway - History      Uruguay - Culture: Horacio Quiroga (Grades 9-12)      Ancient Greece - History

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Finish the Story
     The Young Poet (Grade 6-8)
     Groundhog Day Celebration (Grade 6-8)

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Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays
     I'm Bored with School! (Grades 2-3)
     America's Best Explorer (Grades 2-5)
     We're Going Back to School (Grade 3)

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Reluctant Reader Books
     Chang's Chinese New Year (Grade 3-4)
     Emma's Valentine's Day Mystery (Grade 3-4)
     NH is for New Hampshire (Grade 3-5)
     Showtime for Punxsutawney Phil (Grade 4-5)
     Animal Outlaws (Grade 4-6)
     IN is for Indiana (Grade 4-6)
     KS is for Kansas (Grade 4-6)
     The History of Pop Music (Grade 4-6)
     Famous Cemeteries Around the World (Grade 6-8)

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Poetry Units

Poetry Units

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