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7th grade poetry lessons for Easel Activities
Poetry & Art: Blackout Poetry Book Pages
(7) BLOWN UP BOOK PAGES & Instructions Included for creating poetry from the heart without the pressure of rhyming or form. Even if participants are not familiar with the principles of poetry (i.e., feeling, image, rhythm simile, metaphor, shape, and sound), they can express themselves with this fun activity to creatively problem solve varying poetic forms. Teach Social Emotional Learning or Poetry in a supportive way that will encourage creativity, participation, and deeper self-expression.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Figurative Language in Poetry Middle School | Similes and Metaphors
Similes and Metaphors are so fun to teach to middle school students! Through poetry, students will learn about figurative language and how it affects a poem. With 35+ Slides and student worksheets, this print-and-go resource will teach students about similes and metaphors and how they affect poetry and writing. Through a fun and engaging PowerPoint or Google Slides Presentation, students will have been exposed to numerous examples and have ample opportunities to practice interpreting figurative
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Sonnet 18 Comic with Shakespeare
One of the best ways to introduce students to Shakespeare is to begin with Sonnet 18. This comic teaches students Sonnet 18 (or "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day") one of the most famous poems in the English language. Included in this resource:-a comic that teaches the poem-a prereading activity in which students try to find words to fit blanks in the poem-questions about the poem-a lesson about sonnets, including the sonnet form and iambic pentameter. If you teach other Shakespeare plays,
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Intro to Shakespeare Activity Bundle
The Raven Lesson | Annotation Poetry Activity for Comprehension & Poetic Devices
Print and digital options included! Students highlight and annotate to analyze and demonstrate reading comprehension of Edgar Allan Poe's narrative poem with a focus on (1) the plot, (2) rhyme scheme, (3) internal rhyme, (4) alliteration, (5) onomatopoeia, and (6) allusions.This product includes an annotation friendly version of Edgar Allan Poe's poem. Free versions of this public domain text are readily available in many locations, but this particular document gives students space to annotate a
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7th - 11th
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Middle School Poetry Introduction Lesson | PowerPoint and Guided Notes
This introduction to poetry lesson goes over all the vocabulary your students need to know in order to discuss and analyze poetry. It includes a 41 slide PowerPoint Presentation with guided notes and teacher answer key. I created this Poetry Presentation because it is exactly what I want to use in my classroom as a Middle School ELA teacher to begin my Poetry Unit!The poetry terms the presentation introduces:ProseElements of Poetry: Lines, Stanzas, Rhyme, Meter, Rhythm, Tone, MoodForms of Poetry
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Activities| HUGE GROWING BUNDLE
Paired Texts - Road Not Taken and Harlem (Dream Deferred) - Essay Writing
Guide students through close readings of two poems: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost and "Harlem (Dream Deferred)" by Langston Hughes. Then, facilitate their understanding of the central themes and speakers’ attitudes as they construct connections between the poems. Use this activity to provide practice with a prose constructed response (short essay).This 20-page product includes the following:explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standardsanticipation guidebuilding b
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6th - 9th
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Haiku Poetry Mini Lesson - Middle School Poem Writing Templates Activity Packet
Do you want to be the best teacher? Would you like to help students exercise their creativity by writing haiku poetry about nature? Is one of your goals for your students to love poetry and learn how to write a haiku poem? Would you be interested in exploring new and exciting perspectives of poetry writing with the beloved and popular Japanese poetry? If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it right away? Think about what a difference it will m
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6th - 8th
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Paired Texts - We Wear the Mask and I'm Nobody! - Essay Writing Activity
Guide students through close readings of two poems: "We Wear the Mask" by pre- Harlem Renaissance poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson. Then facilitate their understanding of the speakers’ attitudes and central themes as they construct connections between the poems. The lesson engages students with an icebreaker opening game of "Two Truths and a Lie" and culminates in a writing task that imitates the style of a standardized assessment. Additionally, this
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7th - 10th
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Similes and Metaphors Comic With Activities
Students love exploring the fun of similes and metaphors because they use them everyday. But how do they work? And can students pick them out when they see them? This comic about similes and metaphors presents these important literary devices in a fun and entertaining way. In addition to the comic, there are activities that reinforce the concept of similes and metaphors in a variety of ways:- an activity where students create their own similes and metaphors from a list of words-a "real life" art
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7th - 12th
Poetry Introduction Middle School Casey at the Bat
Reading poetry is HARD! Help your middle school students learn how to read poetry with these strategies and resources! Included in the poetry introduction is everything you need to equip your students with the tools and strategies they need to know how to read and navigate a poem!No-Prep, Print & Go resources to help your students learn to read poetry! With this basic introduction to reading poems, your students will feel confident in approaching any poem they encounter! Students will learn
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Poetry Comics: Metaphors with Robert Frost
Poetry Comics: Metaphors with Robert Frost
This is a free file from a larger product called Poetry Comics: Metaphor, Tone, and Personification. These lessons follow the same format as the free sample, except a worksheet is added afterward to reinforce the skills taught in the comic. Also check out Poetry Comics Vol 2.
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Middle School Language Arts Bundle
POETRY UNIT: Cinquain, Diamante, Haiku, Tanka, Senryu, Lanturne
A collection of 65 short poems, student examples of each type of poetry, and guided writing assignments to walk middle school students through the process of writing each genre of poetry. Each type of poetry includes a brief history of the genre and an explanation of the format. Poetry pages are copy-ready, making them great additions to your students’ poetry anthologies. Forty-two of the poems included in this unit were written by middle school students and are not available anywhere other than
Poetry Stations 2.0: for High School and Middle School Digital
***All of my stations may be used for distance learning. Simply upload the pdf into your google drive and share it with your class. This set, in particular, has poetry in a box project that would be wonderful for a student at home. Instruct them that group work now will be done independently, or they can use a virtual meet to work as a team digitally. If you loved my first set of poetry stations, then you will be head over heels for this new set. I’ve created six more stations that explore poeti
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6th - 10th
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POETRY: WINTER POEMS, Poetry Analysis, Poetry Writing - Digital
Warm up your winter with interactive poetry analysis! Students analyze 12 winter poems, then write their own ode to winter in this engaging unit! A variety of poems on several reading levels allows you to customize this activity to fit your students’ needs. Students can analyze poems on their individual reading levels, or you can start with simpler poems and progress to more challenging poems. You also have enough poems to start this activity as a whole class, then transition to small groups, pa
Imagery in Poetry Activities Middle School
Help your middle school students identify and analyze imagery in poetry with these no-prep, print-and-go worksheets and Slides Presentation! Using their knowledge of figurative language, students will identify and analyze different types of imagery in poetry. Everything you need to teach your middle school students how imagery affects a poem is included! Students will learn to identify imagery, determine types of imagery, write with imagery, and describe how imagery affects a poem.Two differenti
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Finding the Theme in Poetry Mending Wall
Help your middle school students identify the theme in poetry with these resources! Included is a Slides Presentation and worksheets designed to guide students through the process of understanding a poem and determining its meaning.Designed to utilize Robert Frost's "Mending Wall," this learning activity will help you lead your students through the process of determining what a poem is all about and the theme or observation the poem makes about life.This lesson can be used in a traditional class
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Sonnets: Critique & Create, Lesson & Handouts; Google Classroom & PDF
Google Classroom added in 2020 This product is now available in two formats, printable and Google Classroom. The Google Classroom version includes all student handouts. Answer keys are kept separate on the printable version. The printable version has remained the same.Sonnets Lesson Plan: Students can stomp it, shout it, and get the beat while grappling with the challenge of iambic pentameter in Sonnets: Critique & Create. This set of lessons, guides, and handouts provides detailed instruct
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7th - 12th
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Middle School Poetry Unit Pretest
Begin your poetry unit by discovering what your middle school students know about the elements of poetry with this No-Prep Poetry Pretest!I always love to begin a unit knowing where my students are in terms of the content. Gauging what your students know will help guide you (and them) through your poetry unit--especially while distance learning. You’ll know what to briefly review, what to reinforce, and what may be brand new for your kids!I always begin my FUN poetry unit with this pretest. It’s
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Extended Metaphor in Poetry Middle School
Extend your students' understanding of metaphors with this no-prep, print & go extended metaphor lesson. With ample examples of extended metaphors and a fun, creative activity, this will be a great addition to your poetry unit. With a fun and engaging Google Slides Presentation, middle school students will learn all about extended metaphors and will even be able to write their own with a creative writing assignment.This lesson includes a class discussion of Maya Angelou's extended metaphor
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Figurative Language Personification Worksheet Activities
Searching for an engaging personification activity that your middle school students will enjoy? Enhance your poetry unit with these NO-PREP, Print-and-Go figurative language resources and worksheets that will help your students become masters of Personification in Poetry! Using an engaging Slides Presentation, students will learn to identify, analyze and write with personification. Ample examples of figurative language are provided in this lesson plan for teaching and modeling and guided practic
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Hyperbole Worksheet Idioms Worksheet in Middle School Poetry
Searching for hyperbole and idiom lesson plans and activities? Look no further! This no-prep, print & go resources has everything you need to help your students understand this figurative language in the context of poetry! What if I told you this product was, hands-down, the greatest hyperbole and idioms lesson plan ever written and promised your middle school students will be on top of the world after this lesson? Well, that might be a stretch, but at least you'd know that I understand hype
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Alliteration Activity Middle School Poetry
Searching for and engaging alliteration activity? These FREE Alliteration Activities are such a fun way to get your middle school students excited about poetry! This product includes direct instruction and many examples of alliteration in poetry as well as in real life. An engaging Slides presentation will guide your class through the activities. Laugh and have fun with your students while studying this poetic device. Also included are two student assignments. The first asks students to take a c
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Mother's Day Acrostic Poem Template for fun Mother's Day Craft with Example
This Mother's Day Acrostic Poem Template activity is fun, no prep, and allows for creativity! The Mother's Day Acrostic Poem packet includes a definition of an acrostic poem with an example of how to brainstorm and write an acrostic. Also included in this Mother's Day poem activity is a brainstorming word web to help your middle school ELA students do some pre-writing for the word "Mother" or "Mother's Day.' As you know, Mother's Day may be hard for some students who do not have a mother in thei
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5th - 8th
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Comparing and Contrasting Songs: "Brave" or "Roar"
I use this activity as a beginning of the year get-to-know you activity, however, this can be done at any time. This high engagement lesson has students watch two music videos, Brave by Sara Bareilles and Roar by Katy Perry, then compare and contrast words and phrases in lyric sheets, identify similarities, and write about differences. All of this leads to a collaborative discussion, and individual poems written by the students.
This lesson meets a variety of CCSS: Engage in a range of collabor
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6th - 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.
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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