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Download and discover the ultimate no-prep resource for blackout poetry, also known as found poetry, that will teach your students the art of word choice , literary techniques, and poetic language through a fun and hands-on approach.
A complete lesson plan, notebook templates, publishing sheets, and assessment rubric for teaching students to write limerick poems.
Teach students the 5-7-5 haiku poem structure through a guided lesson and let them draft, revise, and publish their own haiku using interactive notebook templates.
Teaches students to write alliterative poems using a structured 6-line template about an invented creature.
Teaches students to write an 'About Me' simile poem using a scaffolded reflection-and-drafting process, culminating in a published poem for a class anthology.
Part 1 of a middle-school independent-reading unit that teaches students to metacognate about their own reading through a reading survey, personal reading history, and a poem-based reading-strategies lesson.
A creative-writing lesson pairing Rorschach-inkblot-style paintings with poetry writing, teaching poetic devices (rhyme, alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification, etc.) through a hands-on art-and-writing activity.
Bring meaningful life lessons, laughter, and literacy learning into your classroom with this engaging Leo Movie Study! Inspired by the popular Netflix musical, this resource helps students explore themes of friendship, confidence…
Cross-curricular movie study built around the 2022 Netflix film 'Rescued by Ruby' (a true story of a state trooper and a shelter dog who become a K-9 search-and-rescue team), covering grammar, animal science, creative writing, math, and social-emotional learning
Slumberland Movie Study | Fantasy Adventure, ELA, Figurative Language, Critical Thinking & SEL Activities | Grades 3–9 Take students on a magical journey through dreams, imagination, and self-discovery with this engaging Slumberland Movie Study ! Based on the Netflix fantasy adventure, this resource helps students explore themes of…
An A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Post-2000 Poetry unit) English Literature lesson analyzing 'An Easy Passage' by Julia Copus, focusing on gender expectations and the transition from girlhood to womanhood.
An A-Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Unit 1: Post-2000 Poetry) English literature lesson analyzing Simon Armitage's poem 'Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass', focused on meaning, form, and the device of allegory.
An A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Post-2000 Poetry unit) English Literature lesson analyzing 'Eat Me' by Patience Agbabi, which addresses domestic/spousal abuse and gender power dynamics through the story of a husband who force-feeds his wife.
An A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Post-2000 Poetry unit) English Literature lesson analyzing 'Giuseppe' by Roderick Ford, which uses a fairy-tale mermaid narrative set in WWII Sicily to explore human behavior under wartime pressure.
An A Level (Edexcel International Advanced English Literature) lesson analyzing the sonnet 'Grief' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, covering the poet's biography and the poem's exploration of grief and bereavement.
An A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Post-2000 Poetry unit) English Literature lesson analyzing 'Inheritance' by Eavan Boland, exploring what parents pass down to children (materially and intangibly, e.g. motherhood).
An A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Post-2000 Poetry unit) English Literature lesson analyzing 'Material' by Ross Barber, a nostalgic poem centered on the symbolism of a mother's handkerchief and vanished mid-20th-century domestic life.
An A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Post-2000 Poetry unit) English Literature lesson analyzing 'The Deliverer' by Tishani Doshi, addressing female devaluation, abandonment of children (especially girls and disabled children) in India, and international adoption.
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Leontia Flynn's poem 'The Furthest Distances I've Travelled'.
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Vicki Feaver's poem 'The Gun'.
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Ian Duhig's poem 'The Lammas Hireling'.
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Carol Ann Duffy's poem 'The Map Woman'.
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Ciaran Carson's poem sequence 'The War Correspondent' (Gallipoli/Balaklava), including its Crimean War and WWI Gallipoli campaign historical context.
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Helen Dunmore's poem 'To My Nine-Year-Old Self'.