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About the Contest
Thank you for entering the Scholastic Instructor Poetry Contest. We received close to 2,000 entries –a remarkable turnout! We couldn’t have done it without our budding poets.
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Prizes
One grand prize winner and two runners-up will be chosen in each grade-level category.
- Grand prize winners (grade level K-3) win
15 Books on Writing/Poetry (approx retail value $40) - Grand prize winners (grade level 4-8) win
The Hunger Games Trilogy Box Set
(approx retail value $40) - And their teachers win
2 X-ACTO TeacherPro™ Electric Sharpeners and 5 Scholastic books for their grade level
- Runners-up win
5 Books on Writing/Poetry - And their teachers win
1 X-ACTO TeacherPro™ Electric Pencil Sharpener
Poetry Resources
- Writing With Writers: Poetry Activity
(Grades 1-2, 3-5, 6-8) - How to Read a Poem Lesson Plan
(Grades 3-5, 6-8) - Using Poetry to Explore Change and Belonging Unit Plan
(Grades 6-8) - Classify By Topic Lesson Plan
(Grades 6-8) - Haiku - Poetry of the Samurai Warrior Unit Plan
(Grades 6-8) - National Poetry Month Activities
(Grades 1-2, 3-5, 6-8) - Poetry Month Book List
(Grades PreK-K, 1-2, 3-5, 6-8) - Strategies to Read and Analyze Poetry
(Grades 6-8)