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Higher education poetry worksheets
The Great Gatsby Unit Plan: Quizzes, Worksheets, Activities, Projects, Task Card
If you're teaching F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, you need this massive bundle, with more than 100 files and 160+ pages!
Here's what's included:
• The Great Gatsby Quizzes: Cloze Reading Passages For the Entire Novel
• Close reading activities
• The Great Gatsby Task Cards: Discussion Questions, Quizzes, Bell-Ringers
• Interactive activities
• Anticipation guide
• The Great Gatsby Setting Map Project - Includes Worksheet, Template & Samples!
• Essay assignments
• Short writ
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Figurative Language Worksheets - Similes, Metaphors, Idioms and Easel
This figurative language pack includes a types of figurative language handout that defines different figures of speech like similes, metaphors, idioms, personification, and hyperbole and gives an example of each. On the first worksheet students have to identify ten sentences that use metaphors or similes. There are nine additional practice worksheets with practice with similes, idioms, metaphors, personification and hyperbole. No prep. Print and go. Keys included. Ten worksheets in all. Great ac
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4th - 7th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Idioms Bundle - PowerPoints, Worksheets, Easel Activities and Boom Cards
Poetry of Dead Poets Society, Analyze 3 Poems, Add Rigor to Film Study, Whitman
Add rigor to your students’ enjoyment of Dead Poets Society with these three separate lessons that focus on the poetry Mr. Keating presents to his students in the film.Each lesson includes a depth-of-knowledge question worksheet (with detailed answer keys, of course) that will require students to read closely, dig back into the text, and think deeply about the theme, structure, and relevancy of each poem. All three lessons were built to stand on their own, so you don’t need to view the film to m
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Poetry Analysis Worksheets, Printable and Digital
These poetry analysis and comprehension worksheets in printable and digital format are an excellent modern and engaging activity to have students take ownership of their learning and dig deeper and closely read a poem. Get ready for National Poetry Month!! The no prep sheets can be used in isolation, or you could use several for one poem depending on what your needs are. You can have these ready and pull them out a moment's notice to conduct an amazingly in-depth lesson of your favorite poem.Stu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Teaching Poetry BUNDLE, Analysis and Assessment, Printable and Digital
Dover Beach, Matthew Arnold Poetry Analysis, Brit Lit, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
This single-period lesson on Matthew Arnold’s famous poem, “Dover Beach,” can be taught as stand-alone materials but also works as a supplement to Antigone, Fahrenheit 451, or any British Literature unit/class. You probably remember “Dover Beach” as the poem in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 that Guy Montag reads to his wife as he tries (and fails) to convince her and her friends about the beauty and power of words; let’s help Arnold’s words have a greater impact on our students.This lesson is a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Othello Bundle: Worksheets, Study Guide, Task Cards, Projects
If you're teaching William Shakespeare's play, Othello, you need this bundle! With resources for every act and scene of the play, this teaching bundle will make your unit a success for both you and your students. Included in the bundle:• 100+ task cards with critical thinking questions covering each scene• Close reading passage activities• Sample pacing calendar with daily aims• Character charts for each of the major characters• Drama activities• Primary source readings• A 46-slide introductory
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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ELA Task Card Bundle: Rhetorical Devices, Figurative Language, Diction, Poetry
Help your students test their knowledge and analytical skills with this bundle of 182 task cards -- 6 complete sets, all with recording sheets and answer keys.
Included in the bundle are:
• Diction Boot Camp: Analyzing Diction Task Cards
• Analyzing Syntax in Literature Task Cards -- 32 Cards with Answer Key
• Figurative Language Task Cards for Grades 7-12
• Poetry Task Cards -- 32 Cards Poetic Terms and Prompts
• Rhetorical Devices in American Speeches Task Cards: Quizzes, Bell-Ringers
• First
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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High School Poetry Unit | 4 Weeks | Poetry Bundle | Analyzing & Writing Poems
This resource is a FULL POETRY UNIT for High School English, Grades 9-12!You will get a collection of various lessons, activities, and projects, plus an awesome digital escape room, and final test! I've also included a schedule for teachers to follow day-by-day! This bundle is so diverse and your students will read at least 18 different poems within this unit!Included in this high school poetry unit bundle:Introduction Poetry Lesson & Guided NotesThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Poem Close Readi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Walt Whitman, O Me! O Life! Poetry & Non-Fiction Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Make a study of poetry compelling and relevant to your students’ lives.In the film Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams famously delivers portions of Walt Whitman’s beloved “O Me! O Life!” poem. This 1-to-2-day lesson will add rigor to your students’ enjoyment of the film, but also works as a standalone poetry assignment if, like me, you aren’t able to use the full-length film with your classes. Either way, your students will be challenged and entertained as they work through Whitman’s words. On t
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Color Purple: A COMPLETE Novel Unit!
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, is a wonderful novel every student should read before he or she graduates. This COMPLETE UNIT includes many activities, study guides, companion pieces, (and so much more!) that will help the teacher get the students into the life of Celie.
Products that are included in this complete novel unit include
Be Nobody's Darling Poem Analysis
The Color Purple Anticipation Guide
The Color Purple Character Analysis Packet
The Color Purple Reliable Narrator Worksheet
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Walt Whitman Author Study Worksheet, Whitman Biography, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Skip the typical Walt Whitman introduction lecture as you launch a study of Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself, or any of his other works and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.This single-page worksheet (both printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Whitman’s background.Please note: This download does NOT include a specifi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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To This Day: For the Bullied & the Beautiful TED Talk Lesson
This resource includes both printable worksheets and a Google Drive (paperless) option. This TED Talk lesson is intended to be used with Shane Koyczan's powerful TED Talk, "To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful." (Warning: "strong language" is included in this TED Talk.) Not appropriate for middle school students.)From TED:By turn hilarious and haunting, poet Shane Koyczan puts his finger on the pulse of what it's like to be young and … different. "To This Day," his spoken-word poem abou
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: TED Talk 16 Lesson Bundle #2
HIGH SCHOOL POETRY | 5 American Poets: Dickinson, Hughes, Frost, Bishop, Brooks!
This high-school poetry bundle features 5 EDITABLE units on American poetry that can be used in sequence over two weeks. The 5 units feature a total of 50 poems by 5 American poets: Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and Gwendolyn Brooks. By having students read the 10 best poems by each writer, you'll introduce them to the breadth of each poet's work while taking a deep dive into two or three poems in each class session.This poetry curriculum promises to elicit dy
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Emily Dickinson “I’m Nobody” Poetry Analysis + Modern Poem, Fame Theme, CCSS
This easy to deliver one-day lesson uses the work of American poet Emily Dickinson to guide a discussion of many students’ dream of becoming a social media influencer/TikTok Famous. The student handout includes a copy of Emily Dickinson’s well-known poem, “I’m Nobody! Who are You?,” to compare with a modern poem written on the same theme. The handout includes a set of 10 short-answer critical thinking questions that will require students to dig back into the text and their own minds to find the
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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I Hear America Singing and I Too - Poetry Analysis and Modernization
This is a great little poetry lesson that I like to use at the start of an American literature class to help develop the idea of America. The lesson has the students do a close reading of the poems "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman and "I, too" by Langston Hughes to show the developing idea of America in poetry. Students are asked to identify figurative language, tone, and bias as part of the analysis. The assignment culminates with a modernization of Whitman's poem asking students to con
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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O Captain! My Captain! A Walt Whitman Poetry Lesson!
Exult 'O shores and ring 'O bells! Help is here to further comprehend Walt Whitman's O Captain! My Captain! This lesson includes *TWO* detailed worksheets for students to take a deeper dive into the poem, realizing how the event of Abraham Lincoln's assassination shook a nation. This lesson works well into ANY Whitman or poetry unit, helping students who have fallen cold and dead at the thought of studying poetry!
Detailed answer keys and text included!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Gather Ye Rosebuds Poetry Analysis, Robert Herrick Poem, PDF & Google Drive
Make a study of poetry compelling and relevant to your students’ lives.In the film Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams delivers portions of Robert Herrick’s famous “To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time.” This 45-minute poetry analysis lesson will add rigor to your students’ enjoyment of the film, but also works as a standalone poetry assignment if, like me, you aren’t able to use the full-length film with your classes. Either way, your students will be challenged and entertained as they work thro
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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SOAPSTone Worksheet Template
This is a SOAPSTone worksheet template. I found that when my students were asked to use a the SOAPSTone strategy they had a difficult time remembering what to put in each category's designated box. I attempted to resolve this issue by putting the SOAPSTone in worksheet form with questions, comments, and reminders to guide their text analysis.
Check out my Extended Metaphor Activity that incorporates a modified version of my TPCASTT Worksheet Template!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Daily Poetry Analysis Bell Ringers for AP Literature
Save 15% when you bundle! Poem of the Week is daily questions/ bell ringers/ warm ups for poetry analysis. This bundle is consists of 4 sets of 5 poems with daily questions for each poem. Over the course of the week, students reread the same poem to encourage close reading and deeper analysis. Four daily poetry analysis questions are based on the AP Literature Essential Skills.The fifth daily prompt is an AP Poetry Essay-style prompt. Since these are bell ringer activities, students are only
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Poetry Meter - Trimeter, Tetrameter, Pentameter Analysis (Poems & Nursery Rhymes
Using famous poetry and nursery rhymes, learners will practice their poetry ability to recognize the number of poetic feet / beats in a line of poetry and determine what kind of meter the poetry is made of.>>> dimeter -- 2 feet per line>>> trimeter -- 3 feet per line>>> tetrameter -- 4 feet per line>>> pentameter -- 5 feet per line>>> hexameter -- 6 feet per line>>> heptameter -- 7 feet per line>>> octometer -- 8 feet p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Emily Dickinson Poetry Worksheets, PowerPoint, Project, and Journal Prompts
Help your students make sense of Emily Dickinson's poetry with this teaching bundle!
Included are:
• A 27-page introductory PowerPoint (including personal pictures from Amherst, MA)
• Detailed worksheets for the poems "Success is Counted Sweetest" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" -- WITH ANSWER KEYS
• Group poetry analysis project (includes copies of poems with guiding questions)
• Detailed lesson plan for group project
• Fun extra credit activity using Billy Collins's poem "Taking off
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Macbeth Task Cards: Figurative Language Analysis, Quizzes, Worksheet, Activity
Help your students make sense of Shakespeare's use of figurative language in his play, Macbeth, with this collection of 56 task cards.
Each card features a different passage from the play (organized in chronological order), with a prompt instructing students to identify and explain how a device is used within the passage. A recording sheet is included, along with a detailed answer key.
Figurative language referenced on the cards includes simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, assonan
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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POETRY LESSON: I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth
Full poetry lesson that guides you through the process of teaching this poem. The lesson plan has a suggested pacing guide for 1-2 lessons including first approaches to the poem, close reading activities, annotation, and follow up assignments. The "about the poet and context" notes pages are useful to introduce the poem and to later on relate the poem to its context.There is an annotated copy of the poem for your use and a blank one to give to students, which they can annotate as they solve the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Amanda Gorman The Hill We Climb Poem Analysis — MLK I've Been to the Mountaintop
In this lesson, students will analyze Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb" as well as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s powerful speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop."On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman touched the American people when she delivered her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the presidential inauguration. Let your students be a part of her powerful message. Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in US history. Students will also read an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I’ve
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Black History Month ELA Activities
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Learn more about poetry resources
Poetry encourages students to engage with language, explore their thoughts and feelings, and connect with the broader human experience. If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital poetry resources, look no further. TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
If you want to make poets out of younger students in elementary grades, then acrostic poems or fill in the blank poems are the perfect place to start. (In fact, many poetry resources on TPT include templates so your students can easily get started producing their own poetry, whether it’s a haiku, or limerick.) For older students in middle and high school, you can find an array of resources to teach them about everything from iambic pentameter, figurative language, to famous poets from history. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your students’ poetry skills in no time.
Fun and engaging poetry activities to try
Teaching students about poetry can be an engaging and creative experience. Here are a few ideas for poetry activities that you can find on TPT to help you introduce and explore the world of poetry with your students:
Poetic Device Scavenger Hunt
Distribute some poems and have students identify and highlight poetic devices like similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and imagery. Discuss what these are and the overall impact on the reader's experience.
Poetry Analysis Jigsaw
Divide students into small groups, assigning each group a different poem. Have each group analyze the assigned poem's themes, tone, and literary devices, and present their findings to the class.
Poetry Slam or Performance
Organize a poetry slam where students can perform poems they’ve written themselves or those written by famous poets. This will help build confidence and strengthen their public speaking skills.
Writing Poetry from Different Perspectives
Ask students to write a poem from the perspective of an inanimate object or an animal to foster empathy and encourage creative, out-of-the-box thinking.
Creating Found Poetry
Provide magazines, newspapers, or online articles. Have students cut out interesting words and phrases, and use them to create their own unique poems.
These (and other!) activities can help deepen your students’ appreciation for poetry and enhance their creative writing skills.
Frequently asked questions about teaching poetry
What types of poetry resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of poetry resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular poetry lessons include learning how to write haikus, acrostic poems, limericks, and free verse.
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