Tes high school English resources will help give you fresh inspiration
for your poetry lessons.
For these poetry lesson plans, students write an acrostic poem with the letters that form the words T.H.A.N.K.Y.O.U. Thank - sgiving is an ideal time for this poetry assignment!
For these poetry lesson plans, each student will write a poem about caterpillars in one caterpillar template.
For this poetry lesson, students write a shape poem where each line of the poem gets shorter in length.
Not exact matches
Here are a few more useful links from around the web, including inspirational articles, more
lesson plan collections, and tips
for teaching
poetry.
Teachers of Key Stage 2 and 3 looking
for ready made, tried and tested cross-curricular
lesson plans, here's a question
for you: what links modern children's myths and fables, geographic landmarks, mathematical code challenges, Sufi
poetry, musical mastery and language learning?
PowerPoint
Poetry Slam Make
poetry come alive with this English
lesson for grades 7 - 12.
A
lesson for «Follower» from the Relationship section of the AQA
poetry anthology.
A
lesson for «Walking Away» from the Relationship section of the AQA
poetry anthology.
All
lessons are fully differentiated by colour Purple = lower ability Blue = middle ability Yellow = higher ability Red = most able These resources cover the following areas of the novel in chapter 4: - Context - Analysis development and practice - Teacher, self and peer assessment opportunities - Character and theme presentation - interleaving: the weather
for effect in the novella and in the power and conflict
poetry
Interleaved content: misery in the poem and in Romeo and Juliet Carousel activities
for exploring context and quotations 4
lessons that cover: - intro to analysing
poetry - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = low ability blue = middle ability yellow - high ability
The
lessons will prepare students
for analysing
poetry at GCSE if chosen to use at KS3 these would be ideal preparation.
The same
lesson could easily be adapted to other
poetry collections or be used
for characters or themes / symbols in other texts.
Download our new Summer Performance
Poetry Pack, a five -
lesson English unit
for KS1, based on performing summer
poetry.
Included: - Differentiated revision quizzes to use at the start and end of
lessons to show progress - but could also be used as homework and
for last minute revision - fun and engaging - Power and conflict
poetry cards - each poem card has an image, context bullet points and key words from the poem - can be used to categorise and revise - revision
lessons on context and analysis (differentiated) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher
The
lesson is designed to help you get to know your class, whilst creating a fantastic display
for the wall (ideal
for the start of the year) Also suitable as part of a
poetry unit, or
for a PHSCE
lesson.
This huge resource pack contains highly stimulating, detailed, and informative whole -
lesson resources
for 18 different poems - each of the poems feature on the new GCSE
poetry lists
for the vast majority of examining boards.
Exploring and discussing
poetry Using words / phrases to describe the senses Individual, pair and group work Assessment opportunities Using photographs and images to stimulate discussion and description Using words and phrases to describe personal experiences Describing a special place using a writing frame How to plan a poem Writing a poem using the senses Writing assessment task Detailed teaching notes
for lessons and assessment
Lesson plans
for the performance
poetry unit.
Resources available are
lesson plans
for KS1 - 5, a series of posters and a bank of
poetry organised by emotions.
Useful as an assembly or PSHE
lesson, one off History
lesson or as an English
lesson with resources
for poetry writing, extended writing and class discussion.
All include
lesson plans, conceptual practice, idea templates
for writing
poetry, and some sample public domain
poetry to assist in teaching.
Children need multiple doorways into learning, and the daily presence of storytelling, drawing, singing,
poetry, and movement in our
lessons makes it possible
for every student to find the way in.
Valentine's Day is a good opportunity
for you to present a
poetry lesson to your students.
Simile Snakes: Are you looking
for a fun and engaging
poetry lesson plan idea that will involve your students in writing similes in their poems?
For this Halloween
poetry lesson, students write an acrostic poem with the letters that form the word «G.H.O.S.T.»
Are you looking
for a fun and engaging
poetry lesson activity that emphasizes using similes?
This All About Me
poetry lesson plans set will provide you with all of the teaching resources that you need
for your students to write an introductory biography poem about themselves
for a fun Back to School activity.
If you're looking
for poetry writing activities, visit the
Poetry Page
for books,
lesson ideas and free printables!
We can add
poetry sharing to a planned science
lesson by taking one minute to read aloud a science poem to set the stage
for the instruction to come; or, conversely, ending with a poem can help reinforce the concepts introduced in a science
lesson by building the knowledge retention that's so crucial to learning.