Poetry Bell Ringers Volume 1 - Warm-Up Activities to Analyze and Create Poems

Bring poetry to life in your classroom with these poetry activities. This set of 30 poetry bell ringers will help your students practice a wide range of poetry devices and help improve their poetry writing. These poetry activities are all different and engaging, so even students who "don't like poetry" will find an activity they can enjoy! Perfect during National Poetry Month (or beyond)!

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Set your students up for poetry writing success with these incredible poetry warm-ups. Use these poetry activities to help your students practice identifying poetic devices and figurative language, analyze a poet’s purpose, and create poems in a wide range of styles. Each bellringer uses an excerpt from a classic poem as a model to drive student engagement.

What is included in this set of poetry activities?

• 30 exercises based on classic poems 
• Suggested Answers
• Two versions of a recording sheet

Let your students explore poetry writing with this resource. Even your students who hate poetry, will find something they enjoy in at least one of these poetry activities. These poetry activities are perfect to use as bell ringers, task cards, or test review. 

If you are finding it difficult to fit poetry into your lessons, then these poetry activities resources are perfect for you! You’ll save time with these no-prep poetry activities, and see an improvement in your students' poetry writing. 

Included in these activities resources are…

✅ Activities for recognition and interpretation 

✅ Activities for analysis and opinion

✅ Activities for creativity and extension 

You can also check out Volume 2 and the rest of my Poetry Resources in my store.

❤️ You can get this product and ALL of my poetry resources in this bundle for a 30% discount and free access to all future poetry resources!

What teachers have said…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “With the demands of standardized testing, it is easy for poetry to take a back seat.  This resource helps pull my students back into poetry easily, and we've had some big discussions about some of the little things that make reading and writing fun:  juxtaposition, assonance, metaphors, etc.  I strongly recommend this!” - Nell C. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I am so excited to use this resource with my students! Even though it is heavily tested in standardized tests, our curriculum does not have many poetry resources. This will be a great way to spark discussions and teach important concepts. Thank you for making it!” - Rose M. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I loved this product!  It allowed me to teach poetry without pain:)  Each poem was short, so my students were able to attend to the lesson and identify the terms without difficulty.  There was also a nice variety of poems.  Thanks!” - Barbara L. 

About Your Resource:

Your download is a .zip file containing the resources described above. You get a .pdf version of the bellringers that you can display as a slideshow or print out. You also get .jpg versions of every bellringer that you can use with a SMARTboard or similar set-up. Instructions for use and copyright information are included in this resource. Feel free to email me at nouvelle.ela@gmail.com if you have any questions. :)

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