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Poetry Month: Everything You Need

Teaching resources and ideas to help you read, write, and share poems.

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National Poetry Month Activities

Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8

Teacher recommendations for ways to celebrate National Poetry Month in the classroom.

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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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What is Haiku?

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Haiku Organizer

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Figurative Language Graphic Organizer

Grades: 6–8

Figurative Language Graphic Organizer

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Inference Graphic Organizer

Grades: 6–8

Inference Graphic Organizer

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Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities

Write It

Grades: 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...

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Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities

Poetry: A Writing With Writers Activity

Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8

Your students will study poetry with these step-by-step workshops hosted by popular poets.

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Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Writing Activities

Poetry Idea Engine: A Writing With Writers Activity

Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8

This activity taps into your students' creativity by challenging them to write haikus, free verse, limericks, and more.

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Articles, Writing Activities

You're a Poet and You Want to Show It

Grades: 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.

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Author Interviews

Nikki Giovanni Interview Transcript

Grades: 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 & More

Grades: 9–12

This teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use.

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Articles

Make A Poetry Quilt

Grades: 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.

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Lesson Plans

How to Read a Poem

Grades: 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 Poetry

Grades: 3–5

Applies art, literature, music, poetry, reading comprehension, and technology, to learning how to write poetry with various rhyme schemes.

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Lesson Plans

Be the Poet

Grades: 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 Topic

Grades: 6–8

Presents a lesson plan that teaches students to identify the elements, techniques, and devices used in poetry and song lyrics.

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

Introduction to the Poetry Unit

Grades: 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...

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Lesson Plans, Writing Activities

Poetry in Song

Grades: 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...

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