Students' responses to this lesson will be out of this world after they've researched astronomy to write poetry and compile a poetry book.
This site from atozteacherstuff.com provides a lesson to help students develop an appreciation for poetry. This site will also will help create meaning from poetry.
This article lists seven art techniques and four poetry types that can be used to depict and describe the aurora.
This site offers an organized collection of biographical information on Dorothy Parker.
A biography of African poet Okot p'Bitek. Discusses some of his accomplishments and the topics of his poems.
This essay describes the influences and work of Nobel Prize winner, Vicente Aleixandre.
This excellent biography focuses on Milton Acorn's accomplishments and those factors that influenced his growth as a poet. A bibliography of his works is also provided.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Songs of Seven by Jean Ingelow (1866), a collection of poems/songs each containing the number seven.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Pleasure Book of the Year by George Routledge and Sons [1870]. This is a collection of illustrated poetry representing each month of the year and activities for that month.
Children find favorite words, phrases, and sentences from familiar stories. Working together, they combine their words and phrases to create a poem. The poem is then shared as performance poetry.
Students research mask-making from various cultures, highlight the masks' connections to cultural practices, compose poetry to reveal their understanding, analyze their own culture, and create personal masks and poetry.
Students will be given poems by Dylan Thomas and Langston Hughes and will determine the differing structure, style, and content of each poem. Included are detailed plans, copies of the poems, and examples of student work.
Active, imaginative teaching with nursery rhymes takes advantage of how the brain learns best! In this lesson, students will use a Venn Diagram to compare "Little Jack Horner" to "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
Links to 94 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard RL.4.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4 and 5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
This site is on the book "Bird Watch" by Jane Yolen. It includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.
This modular ELA collection for grades 7–12 invites students to explore the complicated world of belonging and the tangible and intangible borders that shape it.
This collection includes:
- Introductory lessons
- Multimodal text sets
- Unit Planning Guide for developing a unit on a book of your choice
Diverse stories and counter-stories introduce students to a variety of perspectives on the collection’s themes of borders and belonging. Some perspectives may resonate with a student’s own experience of belonging, while others may challenge and expand their thinking. Along the way, students consider their own agency to cultivate a sense of belonging for themselves and others, and develop their capacity to participate fully in conversations across difference.
Lesson on crafting and revising lines of poetry. Lineation and enjambment are defined and explored. A Robert Creeley poem is analyzed, and a video of his poem is presented. [1:31]
Reading Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess," students will explore the use of dramatic monologue as a poetic form, where the speaker often reveals far more than intended.
What do your students think about each other? Find out as you teach them the concepts of acrostic poems and challenge them to write an uplifting acrostic about a classmate.
This video [4:28]from American Masters: "The Day Carl Sandburg Died" highlights the turning point in Sandburg's life when his poem "Chicago" was first published in Poetry Magazine. Published in 1914, this poem still captures the attention of readers and is as relevant today as it was in the early 20th century. Includes teaching materials and discussion questions.