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Poetry resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
Primary GATE with Caldecott -- Owl Moon Pop-up and Critical Thinking
Now with a more kid-friendly pop-up option:
Owl Moon is incredibly rich in critical thinking potential, rich in artwork, and rich in the feelings words evoke.
Come along for a challenging lesson and a fun extension activity with the poetic 1988 Caldecott Award winner Owl Moon. Critical thinking about poetry, participatory reading, and figurative language along with a project in which we create an owl to “pop up” and spread its wings poetically will energize your students.
Caldecott books a
Kindergarten Bird-Themed Challenges for Gifted and Talented GATE - Storytelling
You’ll have loads of fun with this thematic “birds” bundle of lessons and activities. We address BEST PRACTICES for our youngest gifted and advanced learners with hand-on puzzles, storytelling, participatory reading, acting, humor, video, and improvisation. In the process, we will deliver two social emotional messages—one about teamwork, and one about diversity. So little time, and so much to do! That’s why we always, always, always engage and challenge students in critical thinking across the c
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K - 2nd
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Making Tracks with Footprint Mysteries KG 1st 2nd GATE Primary Challenges!
Engaging challenge of a highly participatory and creative nature for our youngest primary kids!Here’s another lesson for our youngest gifted learners based on research and best practices advocated by the National Association of Gifted Children. It’s rich in age 4-7 critical thinking opportunities with hands-on learning, visual discrimination and details, improvisational opportunities including creativity, storytelling, writing and art, and engaging activities associated with the kids’ immediate
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: 2019-2020 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year - Elementary
State Testing Practice Pack -- Expository Non-fiction, Poetry, Math
Get your kids ready to score proficient and advanced in three areas with the State Testing Practice Pack. These three practice lessons are an advanced challenge for 4th grade and appropriate all the way up through 8th but best targeted to 5th and 6th graders. No matter what grade you use them for, they’ll have your kids thinking and responding beyond literal comprehension.
In How do you Feel About Colors?, students read a nonfiction piece about the symbolism of colors and respond with a short
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4th - 8th
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"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Quiz, American Literature
Discover the depth of Gwendolyn Brooks' iconic poem "We Real Cool" with this 10- Question Poetry Quiz. Unveil the rebellious spirit, unravel the symbolism, and test your understanding of this literary masterpiece in a brief, engaging quiz. 10 multiple-choice questions with an answer key.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Primary GATE with Caldecott -- The House in the Night
The House in the Night gives us a wonderful opportunity to challenge primary level gifted learners—in language and poetry, critical and metaphorical thinking, visually, and artistically.
In this lesson, students will:
a.) discover the pattern of the poem and discuss critical thinking questions about the book,
b.) think critically about symbols, metaphors and language using a graphic organizer and class discussion,
c.) construct a personalized cumulative pattern poem,
d.) And thoughtfully i
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1st - 3rd
AP Lit and Comp Figurative Language Assignments
This is a complete unit I teach in the third quarter with my AP Lit and Comp class. I think it is very important for students to be able to recognize specific types of figurative language devices so this unit give students an opportunity to look closely at passages and poems to practice identifying specific types of literary devices. This unit includes:Assignment 1: Introduction to Figurative LanguageAssignment 2: Figurative Language Practice (Alliteration, catalogue, personification, Anachronis
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Quarter 1 pacing calendar
This is the pacing calendar I use for my AP Lit and Comp class. I generally average about 70 students each year in two sections of AP Lit and Comp. Each class has about 35 students made up of English Language Learners, special education students, as well as accelerated and GATE students all together because my district has an "open door" policy for any and all students who would like to take AP classes, whether they have the skills or not.My last pass rate for the AP Lit and Comp class was a 7
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11th - 12th
AP Lit and Comp Syntax Assignments
This is a unit I teach in the fourth quarter with my AP Lit and Comp class. By the time I have taught this unit, I have already taught diction, tone, figurative language, and imagery. You can find those units on TpT.Diction unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Diction-Assignments-4600307Tone unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Tone-Assignments-4589748Figurative Language Unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Figur
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11th - 12th
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POETRY like a PRO - Analysis and Writing for 4th through 8th and GATE
You will find yourself going home and bragging about the results to whoever will listen. Everything is right here so you can begin today!
Poetry analysis and writing are two of the most difficult and elusive areas to teach. But there is method to the madness. I’ve found a method that works, and you don’t have to be a passionate poet to pull it off.
If you are a good listener, if you keep asking questions, if you show you value students’ comments and insights, this analysis and writing tec
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4th - 8th
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Poetry: Genre Studies
This genre study unit is designed to augment your teaching of the poetry genre.
Through your teaching, poetry will be introduced through class discussion, during which your students determine the main characteristics of poetry.
This unit is designed to allow students to dig deeper into poetry though choice projects. When studying personal interests in greater depth, students also are able to develop research skills and skills involved in the creation of various products.
This unit allows you
AP Lit and Comp Symbols, Allusions, Archetypes Assignments
This is a unit I teach in the third quarter with my AP Lit and Comp class. By the time I have taught this unit, I have already taught diction, tone, figurative language, and imagery. You can find those units on TpT.Diction unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Diction-Assignments-4600307Tone unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Tone-Assignments-4589748Figurative Language Unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Figur
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp poem analysis "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
This is my handwritten answer key for the TPCASTT analysis of "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord TennysonI have the TPCASTT format and instructions on TpT with other answer keys to poems as well.https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-Format-for-Analyzing-Poetry-4236041I have quarterly pacing guides on TpT with the assignments and materials I use in my AP Lit and Comp class if interested. Quarter 1 pacing guide: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Quarter-1-pacing-cale
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Perrine's Sound and Sense Chapter 3
I use Perrine's Sound and Sense as the poetry textbook in my AP Lit and Comp Class. I thought this particular poetry book was very useful in preparing my students for the AP exam.I have included questions I created for Chapter 3 as well as an answer key for the teacher.I have also included the format I use with my students to help them learn how to quickly analyze poetry. The answer key for the poems "I am in Danger-Sir" by Adrienne Rich and "The world is too much with us" by William Wordsworth,
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11th - 12th
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O'Captain, My Captain/Frederick Douglass
In this activity, students compare and contrast the two poems, "O'Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman and "Frederick Douglass" by Robert Hayden. Discussion and comprehension questions are included. Specific skills targeted include: Vocabulary, symbolism, divergent thinking, conflict analysis, poetic elements.
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6th - 9th
AP Lit and Comp Poetry essay prompt on "Crossing the Swamp" by Mary Oliver
College Board releases prompts previously used on the AP Literature and Composition exam periodically. I assigned the 2004 poetry prompt to my students and used the attached rubric to score them.I attached my thesis statement practice and outline as well as my annotations of the prompt and my outline for the essay.Please refer to the new grading rubrics College Board changed in 2019. I have a reformatted poetry essay analysis rubric that is only two pages so it can be copied back to back or mini
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Imagery Assignments
This is a complete unit I teach in the third quarter with my AP Lit and Comp class. I think it is very important for students to be able to recognize specific types of imagery so this unit give students an opportunity to look closely at passages and poems to practice identifying imagery in depth. It is important that students know how to identify diction and tone before beginning this unit. I have complete units on both diction and tone on TpT if interested.Diction unit:https://www.teacherspay
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Perrine's Sound and Sense Chapter 1
I use Perrine's Sound and Sense as the poetry textbook in my AP Lit and Comp Class. I thought this particular poetry book was very useful in preparing my students for the AP exam.I have included questions I created for Chapter 1 as well as an answer key for the teacher.I have also included the format I use with my students to help them learn how to quickly analyze poetry.The answer key/annotations for the poems "The Eagle" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and "The Whipping" by Robert Hayden, "The last N
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit Format for Analyzing Poetry.
Analyzing poetry is difficult for students to master and difficult for teachers to teach, especially at the level the AP Lit exam expects of students. Here is a format to help students efficiently analyze poetry so they can quickly gain the information needed to be successful on the multiple choice and poetry essay of the AP Lit Exam.I have also included the handwritten answer keys (please see thumbnail for example) to some of the poems I cover in my AP Lit class: I Dream I'm the Death of Orphe
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10th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp poem analysis "The Writer" by Richard Wilbur
This is my answer key for the TPCASTT analysis of "The Writer" by Richard WilburI have the TPCASTT format and instructions on TpT with other answer keys to poems as well.https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-Format-for-Analyzing-Poetry-4236041I have quarterly pacing guides on TpT with the assignments and materials I use in my AP Lit and Comp class if interested. Quarter 1 pacing guide: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Quarter-1-pacing-calendar-4589883 Qu
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit Poetry Essay Prompt on The Flea and The Apparition by John Donne
I used the two poems "The Flea" and "The Apparition" by John Donne to assess my AP Lit students on Tone and intent. This is also a great practice for students when the AP Lit exam has them compare two poems for the poetry essay vs. one poem. I have included my annotations of the poems.I reformatted the 2019 College Board essay rubrics so they can be minimized or copied back to back to fit on one page instead of three.https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-2019-Reformatted-
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11th - 12th
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Two Sunflowers Move in a Yellow Room Close Poetry Analysis for Younger Students
Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "Two Sunflowers Move in a Yellow Room" by Nancy Willard. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem pairs well with poems such as "Ah! Sun-flower" by William Blake This lends to analyzing and researching the actual author of the poem. Another theme direction could also be examining the
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2nd - 8th
AP Lit and Comp poem analysis "The History Teacher" by Billy Collins
This is my answer key for the TPCASTT analysis of "The History Teacher" by Billy CollinsI have the TPCASTT format and instructions on TpT with other answer keys to poems as well.https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-Format-for-Analyzing-Poetry-4236041I have quarterly pacing guides on TpT with the assignments and materials I use in my AP Lit and Comp class if interested. Quarter 1 pacing guide: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Quarter-1-pacing-calendar-458
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Perrine's Sound and Sense Chapter 2
I use Perrine's Sound and Sense as the poetry textbook in my AP Lit and Comp Class. I thought this particular poetry book was very useful in preparing my students for the AP exam.I have included questions I created for Chapter 2 as well as an answer key for the teacher.I have also included the format I use with my students to help them learn how to quickly analyze poetry.The answer key/annotations for the poems "Break of Day" by John Donne and "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath, "A Study of Reading Habits
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11th - 12th
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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.
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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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