National Poetry Month Activities
Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Poetry Writing | National Poetry Month
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Haiku - Poetry of the Samurai Warrior
Grades 6–8 | Content Area Reading | Independent Reading | Reading Comprehension | Research Skills
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How to Read a PoemGrades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Reading Comprehension | Lesson Plans | Literature With this activity, you can offer your students reading strategies that will allow them to enjoy sophisticated and subtle writing of all... Save To Organizer |
Poetry: A Writing With Writers ActivityGrades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Online Learning Activities | Writing Activities Your students will study poetry with these step-by-step workshops hosted by popular poets. Save To Organizer |
Using Poetry to Explore Change and BelongingGrades 6–8 | Literary Elements | Drawing Conclusions | Making Inferences | Reading Fluency In this unit plan from veteran teacher Kechia Williams, students read poems on change and growth and contemplate the idea of belonging. Save To Organizer |
Poetry Idea Engine: A Writing With Writers ActivityGrades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Computer Lab Activities | Interactive Whiteboard Activities This fun, interactive activity taps into your students' creativity by challenging them to write haikus, free verse, limericks, and more. Save To Organizer |
ChangeGrades 6–8 | Independent Reading | Literary Elements | Writing Activities | Drawing Conclusions Expose students to the many elements of poetry. Explore issues of growth and change with suggested discussion questions. Save To Organizer |
Teaching Content Subjects Using PoetryGrades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 3–5 | Articles | Poetry Writing Perfect for Poetry Month! Learn how to use poems both as a way for students to learn and remember your subject’s content and to help create... Save To Organizer |
Strategies to Read and Analyze PoetryGrades 6–8 | Literary Elements | Writing Activities | Making Inferences | Lesson Plans Using one of Emily Dickinson's most famous poems, guide students to utilize various strategies for appreciating poetry. Save To Organizer |
Write ItGrades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Online Learning Activities | Writing Activities | Journalism The premiere site for kids' and teens' writing instruction and online publishing, Write It is packed with step-by-step workshops, tutorials... Save To Organizer |
The Many Ways I Use PoetryGrades 3–5 | Literature | Reading Comprehension | Literary Response | Classroom Management Describes the ways in which one teacher uses poetry to increase he students'fluency, and expose them to a variety of styles. Save To Organizer |
Ideas for Teaching Creative PoetryGrades 3–5 | Literature | Reading Comprehension | Writing Activities | Unit Plans Reading and writing poetry of various forms and genres is the learning objective of this in-depth unit. Save To Organizer |
A Poet Finds His Voice: Langston's Train Ride by Robert BurleighPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Articles | Authors and Illustrators Editor Ken Geist talks about the poerty and inspiration behind Robert Burleigh's historical fiction picture book, Langston's Train Ride. Save To Organizer |
Student-Created Poetry Slideshow in PowerPointGrades 1–2 | Writing Activities | Articles | Poetry Writing | Computers Teaching first graders poetry is great fun when you use Power Point as a teaching tool. One teacher uses her favorite, Five Senses Poem, to... Save To Organizer |
What are the Elements of Poetry?Grades 6–8 | Literary Elements | Literature | Writing Activities | Drawing Conclusions Introduces a lesson for helping students identify the elements of poetry through reading and listening, define related terms, and recognize... Save To Organizer |
You're a Poet and You Want to Show ItGrades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 3–5 | Writing Activities | Articles 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... Save To Organizer |
Teaching Poetic DevicesGrades 9–12 | Independent Reading | Reading Comprehension | Writing Activities | Reading Response Utilize this lesson unit plan to teach students about the poetic devices used in musical lyrics, and to help them identify and analyze the... Save To Organizer |
Classify by TopicGrades 6–8 | Literary Elements | Writing Activities | Drawing Conclusions | Story Elements Presents a lesson plan that teaches students to identify the elements, techniques, and devices used in poetry and song lyrics. Save To Organizer |
Teaching Poetry through RapGrades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 3–5 | Literary Elements | Articles Guest teacher Philip Clark leads a guest lesson on teaching poetry through rap. Save To Organizer |
It's Poem Day!PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Early Childhood | Reading | Articles Give poetry its own special day of the week! Special idea and activities by Ellen Booth Church. Save To Organizer |
Make A Poetry QuiltPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Articles | Early Writing Teach poetry with this highly collaborative project in which students write, paint, and stitch their words together into a poetry quilt. Save To Organizer |
Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Playing With PoetryPreK–K | Language Arts | Early Writing | Poetry Writing | Hobbies and Recreation When children hear a poem read aloud or write a poem of their own, they learn about language. Tips for using poetry with preschool children... Save To Organizer |
