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A bundle of three Black History Month lesson resources spanning elementary through high school: an elementary biography research project, a middle/high-school DBQ and analysis project, and a video-based lesson.
A 2-hour lesson plan for grades 6-12 offering choice-based Black History research options: Harlem Renaissance poetry analysis, a Civil Rights document-based-question (DBQ) essay, or a digital presentation connecting historical events to a contemporary issue.
A 112-page guide teaching poetic devices and forms (alliteration, hyperbole, metaphor, personification, concrete poetry, couplets, etc.) through explanation and writing activities, aligned to Common Core writing standards.
A multi-part poetry unit combining a presentation on poetry concepts/types with an independent note-taking and poem-writing/sharing project for secondary ELA students.
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).
Give middle-school language arts teachers a large bank of differentiated, choice-based activities (menus, contracts, task sheets, activity boards, book-response formats) to accommodate varied student abilities and interests.
Teach students the features, themes, and famous examples of elegy poetry and guide them through writing an original elegy.
Fall Poetry Flip Book Distance Learning Material The Fall Poetry Flip Book Distance Learning material provides an engaging method for students to write creatively about fall.
This is a pre intermediate lesson plan worksheet set for Four Seasons Poem. Students will read the poem and then complete the exercises to follow, which will assess their comprehension and implement grammar skills.
GCSE Poetry Lesson: 'If' by Rudyard Kipling GCSE Poetry Lesson: 'If' by Rudyard Kipling is a comprehensive teaching resource aimed to breathe new life into your poetry classes.
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Piano' by D H Lawrence, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around music triggering a nostalgic memory of…
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis lesson presentation that guides students through close reading and critical analysis of 'The Bright Lights of Sarajevo' by Tony Harrison.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Blessing' by Imtiaz Dharker (the file itself spells the surname 'Darker'), covering meaning, language and structure, focused on poverty and water scarcity in Bombay/Mumbai.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Disabled' by Wilfred Owen, covering meaning, language and structure, focused on a wounded WWI soldier's loss of youth and the cost of war.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Dusting the Phone' by Jackie Kay, covering meaning, language and structure, focused on anxious waiting and insecurity in a romantic relationship.
U.A. Fanthorpe's poem "Half-Past Two," about a child kept after school who does not yet understand clock time, is unpacked slide by slide in a GCSE-level English literature lesson built around close reading and analytical writing. The slideshow opens with learning intentions and a glossary of critical terms (narrator, third person, repetition, portmanteau, emotive language, personification, contraction, oxymoron), then supplies biographical context on Fanthorpe before presenting the full poem text twice for annotation. Stanza-by-stanza question sets walk students through content, language, and structure analysis, including the poem's invented compound words like "Gettinguptime" and "timeyouwereofftime," before a PETAL (Point, Evidence, Technique, Analysis, Link) paragraph frame and an extended-response homework task close out the lesson. A model "possible answer" in three bullet points on the poem's tone is included so students can compare their own analysis against a worked example. For another GCSE poem taught with the same PETAL paragraph framework, Vernon Scannell’s ‘Nettles’ offers stanza-by-stanza analysis practice on a different poem.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'A Child to his Sick Grandfather' by Joanna Baillie, covering meaning, language, structure and thematic significance (aging, illness, family bonds).
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'A Complaint' by William Wordsworth, covering meaning, language, structure and the emotional aftermath of a failed relationship.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'An Unknown Girl' by Moniza Alvi, covering meaning, language and structure, focused on identity and cultural belonging.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Belfast Confetti' by Ciaran Carson, covering meaning, language and structure, set against the backdrop of Northern Ireland's Troubles and a riot/bomb-blast scene.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Climbing my Grandfather' by Andrew Waterhouse, covering meaning, language and structure, using an extended climbing metaphor for a grandfather-grandchild relationship.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti, covering meaning, language and structure, focused on seduction, betrayal and inequality between women of different social standing.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Cozy Apologia' by Rita Dove, covering meaning, language and structure, focused on the insecurities and everyday reality of a modern romantic relationship.
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Eden Rock' by Charles Causley, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around nostalgia and childhood memory.