Poetry Teaching Resources
An extensive collection of poetry resources to use in your primary classroom. Use one of the comprehensive poetry units to guide your students from the learning of the poetry concepts through to their completed piece of text. Also included is beautifully designed posters that provide definitions and examples for the different types of poems and the main language features found in them. Use the Element of Poetry Workbook to consolidate students understanding of the concepts. Worksheets are also provided for diamante, autobiographical, colour, ballad, ode, haiku, shape, simile, limerick, cinquain and acrostic poems. Use the poetry PowerPoint teaching presentations and posters as visual aids for students throughout their work on poetry.
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Acrostic Poem Time Capsule Template - PLAY
An acrostic poem template for primary school students in the early years.
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Acrostic Poem Time Capsule Template - ART
An acrostic poem template for primary school students in the early years.
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Acrostic Poem Time Capsule Template - LOVE
An acrostic poem template for primary school students in the early years.
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Acrostic Poem Time Capsule Template - HOME
An acrostic poem template for primary school students in the early years.
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Acrostic Poem Time Capsule Template - GROWTH
An acrostic poem template for primary school students in the early years.
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Acrostic Poem Time Capsule Template - EARTH
An acrostic poem template for primary school students in the early years.
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Poetry Comprehension Worksheet
A generic poetry comprehension worksheet.
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Experimenting with Poetry Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6
This English unit addresses the common elements of poetry and explores how these may be applied to shape poems, limericks, odes and simple ballads.
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Exploring Poetry - Year 3 and Year 4 Unit Plan
This English unit addresses common poetic devices such as sound play, word play and imagery and explores how these may be applied to narrative poetry.
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Poetry Defined
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop an understanding of what constitutes poetry.
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Structure, Rhyme and Rhythm
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate structure, rhyme and rhythm in poetry.
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What is Poetry?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a definition of poetry.
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Descriptive Poetry - Odes
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plan and write an ode.
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Narrative Poetry - Simple Ballads
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plan and write a simple ballad.
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Concrete Poetry - Shape Poems
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plan and write a shape poem.
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Figurative Language
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate figurative language in poetry.
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Exploring Poetic Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the common literary devices found in poetry.
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Assessment - Experimenting with Poetry
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of the elements of poetry by writing an ode and a ballad.
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Idioms
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore some commonly used idioms.
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Sound Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate sound devices in poetry.
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Elements of Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the common elements found in poetry.
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Planning and Writing a Narrative Poem
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plan and write a narrative poem which includes a setting, characters and a storyline.
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Humorous Poetry - Limericks
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plan and write a limerick.
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Forms of Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore some well-known and commonly used forms of fixed verse.