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Poetry Resources for Teachers

Explore poetry on a daily basis with our Daily Poetry Podcasts or subscribe to our  Poem of the Day Daily Feed and take your students to new writing levels. Try our poetry kit, provided by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which gives you plenty of ideas for celebrating National Poetry Day on October 8. You can also use our slideshows to find a wealth of popular activities to choose from. We have printables, lesson plans, activities, and references for you to use in your cross-curricular study of the art of poetry.
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Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 3-5)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 6-8)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades 9-12)
Poetry Lessons & Activities (Grades K-2)
Poetry Activities & Prompts: Printables Slideshow
Printables
Last Day Blues Student Poem for Teacher
Shape Poems
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years: Poetry Worksheet
Action Poems and Songs
Leif the Unlucky Historical Figure Bio-Poem
As Soon As It's Fall Poetry Pack
Scoring Rubric: Poetry
More Popular Poetry Printables
Lesson Plans
Getting to Know Each Other Through Poetry
Fall Similes
An Autobiographical Poem
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
Fall Haiku
Metaphor Unit Poems
Fall Acrostic Poem
More Poetry Lesson Plans
Art Activities
Family Finger Plays
Chinese Calligraphy
Literature & Math: Stories about Planets
Our Flag Poetry Pack
Hey There, Stink Bug! Activity Guide
Jaha and Jamil Went Down the Hill Activity
Music Activities
Rufus and Friends: Rhyme Time Reader's Theater
Patriotic Poems and Songs
Robert Burns Biography
"I'm Thankful for . . ."
Enter the Poetry Contest
References
"Hunger" by Emily Dickinson
Pulitzer Prize Winners for Poetry
How Do I Love Thee?
Where Students Can Publish
Interview with Jose Garcia Villa
Memorial Poetry
Contemporary Irish Writers Live Up to Legend
William Butler Yeats
Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn
John Keats - Biography & Activities
Poetry Glossary
Poetry Terms Glossary
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
Geoffrey Chaucer Biography
Wilfred Owen Biography
Quotations from Winter Poems
Quizzes
Poetry Terms Quiz
Poets and Poems Quiz
Alphabetizing Poets Quiz
Poetry Word Scramble
Poets
Black Authors and Poets -- Mix and Match
Black Authors and Poets -- ABC Order
Langston Hughes, an Everyday Poet
Black Authors and Poets -- Mix and Match (Answer Key)
Letter from Poet Joyce Sidman
Black Authors and Poets -- ABC Order (Answer Key)
Poetry Worksheets
More Resources about Poets
Holiday Poetry Activities
The History & Poetry of "In Flanders Fields"
"Twas the Night Before Christmas": Full Text
Recycled Poetry
"In Flanders Fields"
Poetic Language in "Memories of Christmas"
Irish Literature and Folklore Quiz
Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A Lovely Light
More Poetry Activities for Holidays
Social Studies & Poetry Connected
Creating Your Own Career Poem
The Odyssey Teacher's Guide
Locomotion & Peace, Locomotion Discussion Guide
"The New Colossus" -- Dramatic Reading
Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One
The Iliad Teacher's Guide
A Wreath for Emmett Till Teacher's Guide
More Poetry Activities for Social Studies
History & Poetry Connected
The Odyssey
Robert Frost's Poems: Teacher's Guide
Women Abolitionists -- Poem and Speech
Old South Meeting House
A Thanksgiving Poem
Holocaust Cinquain
African-American Poetry
More Poetry Activities for History
Science & Poetry Connected
Fall into Rhyme
Sensory Poems
Animal Poems & Animal Shapes
Faces of the Moon Teacher's Guide
Little Turtle Poetry Pack
It's Like This, Cat Bio-Poem
Literature & Math: Stories about Giants
More Poetry Activities for Science
Food & Poetry Connected
Poetry is Sporty
Science and Writing: Food Poetry
Favorite Foods
Language Arts & Poetry Connected
Bio Poem Handout
Teacher's Guide to Cam Jansen Mysteries
Denotation/Connotation
A Collection of Poetry Activities
Counting Strong Words in Poetry
Reciting-a-Poem Speech
Cowboy Slim Activity Guide
More Poetry Activities for Language Arts
More Literature Resources
Sample Metaphor Poems
Discover Nursery Rhymes
Poetry Jam! Sub Kit -- Grades 7-8
If I Were in Charge of the World
Types of Poetry
Beowulf
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors
More Literature Resources for Teachers

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