This poetry unit works great in 1st grade or 2nd grade and has everything that you need to teach poetry to your students. It includes shape poems, couplets, alliteration, acrostic poems, color poems, cinquain, haiku, and word poems. Included in this unit:-Mentor Texts-Comprehension Lessons-Poetry Notebooks-Poetry Inspired Art Projects-Writers’ Workshop Materials: example poems, first draft pages, final copy pages, a poetry book cover, and an About the Poet page for the following types of poetry