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A UK Pearson Edexcel International A Level English Literature lesson (Unit 1: Post-2000 Poetry) analyzing Sue Boyle's poem 'A Leisure Centre is also a Temple of Learning,' focusing on meaning, form, language devices, and the theme of female beauty/aging.
Teach students to write an acrostic poem using a scaffolded interactive-notebook structure, for National Poetry Month.
provide ready-to-use, self-contained substitute-teacher lesson plans built around short-poem analysis, each pairing a poem with a literary-term lesson, annotation activity, discussion questions, and an essay-writing sequence
A structured lesson plan teaching students to write a five-line cinquain poem, using an interactive notebook template as scaffolding, ending in a class poetry anthology/display.
A companion to the Four Square Writing Method focused on writing across the curriculum for middle/upper grades: structured lesson plans to help students organize and develop content-area writing.
Are you looking for a clear and structured way to teach antonym diamante poems? This resource will guide students step-by-step through writing a diamante poem using antonyms. It will help students understand both the 7-line poem structure and how opposites connect within their writing. With a combination of examples, interactive…
This is an intermediate lesson plan worksheet set for The Seed Poem. Discover "The Seed," a captivating poem intermediate ESL ELA TEFL lesson plan designed to enhance your students' reading comprehension and poetic skills. This carefully crafted worksheet set takes your learners on a gripping adventure through the 3-page passage while…
This is an ELA ESL ELL and TEFL upper intermediate lesson plan worksheet set for The Rain poem. Students will read this poem and then complete the exercises to follow, which will assess their comprehension and implement grammar skills. They will study this poem about a rainy day with storms and flooding and the destruction they can…
A movie-study lesson plan/worksheet packet for the film Flora & Ulysses (2021), with 30 activities building reading comprehension, vocabulary, character analysis, theme analysis, data/graph interpretation, and creative writing skills.
A 4-5 day middle-school poetry mini-unit teaching students to analyze, write, revise, and present a rhyming poem using vivid verbs and imagery, modeled on Eve Merriam's 'Catch a Little Rhyme.'
A full lesson plan and project package that has students read a poetry book, analyze 10 poems in a written report, and present one poem to the class.
An ELA/reading 'emergency lesson plan' packet built around a nonfiction passage on the history and manufacturing of ice cream, used to build reading comprehension, sequencing, vocabulary, graphing, and word-search skills for a substitute-teacher or general classroom day.
A complete poetry-writing unit built around interactive-notebook flip books, teaching students to write several poem forms (free verse, sensory, acrostic, limerick, riddle, cinquain, diamante, haiku, shape poem) with lesson plans and grading rubric.
A reading comprehension and discussion lesson built around a biographical article on poet Amanda Gorman, paired with a teacher lesson plan.
A comprehensive 380-page novel study unit for 'The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary' by Laura Shovan (a verse novel), teaching comprehension, vocabulary, English grammar skills, and writing through 36 lessons covering 179-182 poems.
An ESL/English reading comprehension worksheet and accompanying teacher lesson plan that introduces the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas through a biographical passage, comprehension questions, vocabulary work, and creative speaking/writing activities.
Teach students to analyze and interpret challenging primary source documents by creating Found Poetry, connecting close reading of historical/literary texts to creative poetic composition.
A movie-study resource built around Pixar's Inside Out 2 (2024) combining social-emotional learning with literacy, grammar, and math practice for grades 3-10.
A cross-curricular movie-study lesson pack built around Disney's 'Big Hero 6' (2014), combining English/grammar, STEM (scientific method, engineering design process, tech ethics), math/data, reading/theme analysis, and social-emotional learning.
GCSE Poetry Lesson on 'Remains' by Simon Armitage: For Veterans Overview: 'Remains', a poem written by Simon Armitage, provides the foundation for this comprehensive 23-slide PowerPoint lesson.
A creative-writing activity packet teaching high school students to create black-out poems (from printed text, blacking out unused words) and found poems (cutting and arranging words from print sources), intended as a flexible filler or multi-day creative writing lesson.
An A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Post-2000 Poetry unit) English Literature lesson analyzing the poem 'A Minor Role' by U.A. Fanthorpe, focusing on meaning, form, and the device of euphemism, in the context of chronic illness and the roles society forces people to play.
A Weekend with Wendell - Study Guide Gr. 2-4 is an appealing educational resource designed for students in the second to fourth grades.
A no-prep poetry unit that teaches figurative language and multiple poem forms, building student confidence and creative-writing skills through a flipbook that can be completed in class (cut-and-assembled) or digitally (Google Slides).