Teaching Themes
Poetry Month: Everything You Need
Teaching resources and ideas to help you read, write, and share poems.
Lesson Plans, Book Resources
National Poetry Month Activities
Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Teacher recommendations for ways to celebrate National Poetry Month in the classroom.
Unit Plans, Writing Activities
Haiku - Poetry of the Samurai Warrior
Grades: 6–8
Encourages students to learn about ancient Japanese Samurai through reading, repsonding to, and writing haiku.
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 Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities Write ItGrades: 6–8, 9–12 The premiere site for kids' and teens' writing instruction and online publishing, Write It is packed with step-by-step workshops, tutorials, and... |
 Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities Poetry: A Writing With Writers ActivityGrades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Your students will study poetry with these step-by-step workshops hosted by popular poets. |
 Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Writing Activities Poetry Idea Engine: A Writing With Writers ActivityGrades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 This activity taps into your students' creativity by challenging them to write haikus, free verse, limericks, and more. |
Articles, Writing Activities You're a Poet and You Want to Show ItGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Whether your teacher is doing a unit on poetry or you just feel the urge to express yourself, this comprehensive guide can help you become the... |
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Articles, Writing Activities, Book Resources Our Best Books for Teaching Creative Poetry!Grades: 1–2, 3–5 Teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use. |
Author Interviews Nikki Giovanni Interview TranscriptGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 The author, Nikki Giovanni, was interviewed by Scholastic students in 2002. |
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Book Resources Books for Teaching Poetry Slams & MoreGrades: 9–12 This teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use. |
 Articles Make A Poetry QuiltGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Teach poetry with this highly collaborative project in which students write, paint, and stitch their words together into a poetry quilt. |
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Articles, Extension Activities It's Poem Day!Grades: Early Childhood, PreK–K, 1–2 Give poetry its own special day of the week! Special idea and activities by Ellen Booth Church. |
 Lesson Plans How to Read a PoemGrades: 3–5, 6–8 With this activity, you can offer your students reading strategies that will allow them to enjoy sophisticated and subtle writing of all kinds. |
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Lesson Plans, Computer Lab Activities, Writing Activities, Book Resources I Spy PoetryGrades: 3–5 Applies art, literature, music, poetry, reading comprehension, and technology, to learning how to write poetry with various rhyme schemes. |
Lesson Plans Be the PoetGrades: 6–8 Offers a lesson plan requiring students to write their own Haiku poetry based on past readings and research. |
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Lesson Plans, Writing Activities Classify by TopicGrades: 6–8 Presents a lesson plan that teaches students to identify the elements, techniques, and devices used in poetry and song lyrics. |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans Introduction to the Poetry UnitGrades: 6–8 Describes a lesson that exposes students to nontraditional poetry by having them watch clips from a poetry slam video. |
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Lesson Plans, Writing Activities What are the Elements of Poetry?Grades: 6–8 Introduces a lesson for helping students identify the elements of poetry through reading and listening, define related terms, and recognize and... |
Lesson Plans, Writing Activities Poetry in SongGrades: 6–8 Suggests a lesson requiring students to identify elements of poetry in song lyrics and to replace those lines with their own examples of the... |
