Have Fun Teaching | Free Worksheets, Activities, Songs, and Videos Word Mover Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Poetry from Prose Working in small groups, students compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading. Playing with Prepositions through Poetry Students play with and explore prepositions during a whole group reading of Ruth Heller’s Behind the Mask, and then by composing and publishing prepositional poems based on the book’s style. Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Finding Poetry in Prose: Reading and Writing Love Poems After reading several poems that expand the definition of love poetry, students compose found poems based on a personal memoir—either their own or a love story of another writer. Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Found Poems/Parallel Poems Students compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading. Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Word Mover Dr.
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Theme Poems Learn about and write theme poems, a poem written within the shape of the subject of the poem. Multiple themes allow students many options for writing a poem about topics they are familiar with and allows teachers options for connecting poetry across content areas. Final work can be shared via e-mail or saved to the device's camera roll. Designed for use in the school environment, this app features a simple profile system so that multiple users can create and store their own theme poems on the same device without confusion. This app mirrors our web-based student interactive Theme Poems, so users familiar with one can easily adapt to the other. Related Classroom & Professional Development Resources back to top Grades K – 5 | Student Interactive | Writing Poetry Theme Poems Formerly known as Shape Poems, this online tool allows elementary students to write poems in various shapes. Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity | April 1 April is National Poetry Month! Participate in Poem in Your Pocket Day!
Planbook.com - Online Teacher Lesson Planning Haiku Poems With this app, students can learn about and write haiku, a popular Japanese poem that traditionally has three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Students begin by brainstorming words for their poem, and then they compose their poem with attention to how many syllables they've written for each line. The final step allows students to customize the design of their poem with one of the provided artistic backgrounds or by uploading their own image. Saving capability allows students to return to their work and make revisions. Designed for use in the school environment, this app features a simple profile system so that multiple users can create and store their own haiku poems on the same device without confusion. This app mirrors our web-based student interactive Haiku Poems, so users familiar with one can easily adapt to the other. Related Classroom & Professional Development Resources back to top
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Diamante Poems Learn about and write diamante poems, which are diamond-shaped poems that use nouns, adjectives, and gerunds to describe either one central topic or two opposing topics (for example, night/day or winter/spring). Examples of both kinds of diamante poems can be viewed online or printed out. Diamante poems follow a specific format that uses nouns on the first and last lines, adjectives on the second and fourth lines, and gerunds in the third and fifth lines. Final work can be shared via e-mail or saved to the device's camera roll. Designed for use in the school environment, this app features a simple profile system so that multiple users can create and store their own diamante poems on the same device without confusion. This app mirrors our web-based student interactive Diamante Poems, so users familiar with one can easily adapt to the other. Related Classroom & Professional Development Resources back to top
TeacherTube Acrostic Poems Learn about and write acrostic poems on your tablet device. This poetry form uses the letters in a word to begin each line of the poem. All lines of the poem relate to or describe the main topic word. Users first brainstorm words, and those brainstormed words and helping words within the tool guide users as they write their poem. Designed for use in the school environment, this app features a simple profile system so that multiple users can create and store their own acrostic poems on the same device without confusion. This app mirrors our web-based student interactive Acrostic Poems, so users familiar with one can easily adapt to the other. Grades 2 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Writing Acrostic Poems with Thematically Related Texts in the Content Areas Students read thematically related texts, scaffolded from simple to complex, to help them gather necessary concept vocabulary and background knowledge in a content area. Related Classroom & Professional Development Resources