Poetry Resources for Your Classroom

Enrich your classroom experience with these FREE poetry Educational Resources–all aligned to NY State Academic Standards.

Elementary School

Lesson 3: Poetry by ReadWorks

In this lesson plan, students will identify and describe similes and metaphors in poetry.

Related NY State Academic Standards: RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.10, and more!

Middle School

Identifying Personification in Poetry

In this lesson plan, students will experience the work of a variety of experienced writers who use personification in their writing. Students will practice reading and then practice using personification to use in their own writing. Students will arrange nouns and verbs to form sentences that contain personification so they can manipulate the language and enrich their own writing.

Related NY State Academic Standards: RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RI.7.4, and more!

High School

The Bells: Reading and Responding to Edgar Allen Poe’s Poem

In this activity, students will be able to offer an interpretation of Poe’s poem, “The Bells” that goes beyond the literal, and to identify examples of various literary techniques.

Related NY State Academic Standards: RL.9-10.11, W.9-10.11.d, W.11-12.11.d, and more!

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