Write, Revise, & Present Rhyming Poems with Vivid Verbs & Imagery- 6-8

Build confident and creative poets in your middle school classroom with the 42-page mini-unit, "Write, Revise, & Present Rhyming Poems with Vivid Verbs & Imagery." With 4 day of lesson plans and activities, your students will learn or review 16 key poetic terms, analyze the poem "Catch a Little Rhyme" by Eve Merriam, write a poem using a template based on Merriam's poem, participate in revision groups, present their poems to the class in a poetry reading or poetry slam, and reflect on the whole experience. or to the whole class in a poetry slam. The unit includes detailed lesson plans with essential and guiding questions, standards, objectives and learning targets, an answer key, student-friendly rubric, 7 worksheets, and 2 posters.

The mini-unit includes:

• Hyperlinked Table of Contents

• About this Resource with Essential Question, Guiding Questions, Standards, Objectives, Learning Targets, and links to all the materials throughout the resource,

• Day 1: Poetry Terms and Poem Analysis

  • Poetic Devices Definitions (poster)

  • Road Signs to Understanding Words: Poetry Terms

  • Poetry Terms Definitions and Key

  • Link to the poem "Catch a Little Rhyme" and analysis lesson

• Day 2: Brainstorming and Writing a Draft

  • Catch a Little Rhyme Examples

  • Catch a Little Rhyme: Directions for writing a Poem

  • Template

  • Important Things to Consider When Writing a Rhyming Poem (poster)

• Day 3: Peer Response

  • Response to "Catch a Little Rhyme" Poems in your Group

  • Sentence Starters Peer Response to "Catch a Little Rhyme"

• Day 4: Presentation and Self-Reflection

  • Catch a Little Rhyme Poem Checklist

  • Catch a Little Rhyme Poem Reflection

  • Rubric- Catch a Little Rhyme