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12 Super Fun Poetry Lesson Plans for Middle and High School

Here you'll find 12 engaging mini lessons to integrate teaching reading and writing poetry. Each lesson includes an objective, hook, and activity. There are lots of links to other resources too!

Creative Writing, Poetry, Writing Mini-lessonsAmanda WernerMarch 25, 2023Poetry writing, poetry, Poetry Lessons, April Poetry MonthComment

A Creative Poetry Stations Activity

During poetry stations, students move around the classroom doing various activities related to poetry. The station activity in this blog post has students read an engaging poem and respond to the poem in an unconventional way. If you’d like to replicate this activity in your classroom here are the steps to follow…

PoetryAmanda WernerMarch 3, 2020poetry, stationsComment

Tone Tunes: Using Music to Teach Tone in Poetry

Being able to decipher the tone of a piece of writing is crucial to being able to decipher the thematic message of a text. This is absolutely true for analyzing poetry.

Poetry Collage: Poetry Meets Art

One of my favorite openers is to have students create a poetry collage using striking images they find in modern poets' work. I send them on an online journey through Billy Collins' beautiful project, Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools.

Creative Writing, PoetryGuest UserMarch 20, 2018poetry, creative writingComment

7 Poetry Activities Students Love

Getting older students to read and write poetry can be hard. Engaging poetry activities are critical for obtaining student buy-in. In this post from Reading and Writing Haven, read about five poetry activities older students will enjoy.

Differentiating Writing, FREEBIES, Writing AssignmentsMelissa KruseMarch 8, 2018poetry, writing poetry, poetry activities, writing activities, picture prompts, types of poetry Comment

13 Ways Pictures Can Inspire Students to Write Poetry

Picture-inspired poetry writing ideas for middle and high school ELA

FREEBIES, Best Practices, Writing Assignments, Writing WorkshopMelissa KruseApril 11, 2017national poetry month, poetry, fun writing, writing assignments, writing inspiration, writing poems Comments

Poetry for Writing Workshop in Grades 6-12: 10+ Devices & Poems to Model Them all!

"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession." -- Robert Frost

You may find yourself in agreement with Frost's famous quote when it comes to teaching poetry in the secondary classroom. However, love it or hate it, poetry can play a helpful role in teaching students how to write! Famous poems can serve as mentor texts for students and showcase key literary and rhetorical devices in action.

Best Practices, Mentor Texts, Writing Mini-lessons, Writing WorkshopMeredith DobbsApril 4, 2017poetry, national poetry month, poem, explication, literary devices, poetic devices, stylistic devices, rhetorical devices, simile, metaphor, personification, anaphora, parallel structure, parallelism, rhetorical question, antithesis, alliteration, consonance, assonance, epistrophe, literary analysis, mentor text, mentor poem, mentor sentence, mentor, writing workshop, writing process, secondary, English, Language Arts, language and composition, language arts, middle school, high school, teachers pay teachers, teacher, teaching writing, Writing Instruction, writer's notebook, writer's workshop, writing, the writing process, essay writing, essay, best practices, best practice, writing assessment, assessing writing Comment