Poetry Worksheets for Kids

For some reason, many teachers balk at the prospect of teaching poetry to their students. The texts are too hard, the poems are too boring, or students don’t have the background knowledge to relate to the reading. Then, toss in figurative language, and you’ve got a mess!

Never fear… Teach Starter’s comprehensive poetry workbook is here! We’ve taken all the stress out of teaching poetry to your students with this comprehensive poetry workbook targeted specifically for primary-aged children. Our resident poet, Stephanie Mulrooney, has written these poems with the curriculum in mind, taking the legwork out of trying to find poems that meet your teaching objectives!

Kid-Friendly Figurative Language Poems

This workbook contains your entire poetry unit in an easy-to-use format that allows you to teach several different poems with kid-friendly vocabulary and topics. If that wasn’t fabulous enough, each poem also comes with an accompanying worksheet addressing key poetic devices such as structure, sound play and imagery.

Poems and figurative language worksheets included in this download are:

• The Poet’s Lament – Structure, Rhythm, and Rhyme Worksheet
• The Thunderstorm – Sound Devices Worksheet
• One Rotation – Figurative Language Worksheet
• The Brave Babysitter and the Boys – Idioms Worksheet

Download and Print Our Elements of Poetry Workbook

Use the dropdown arrow next to the Download button to choose between the Microsoft Word or PDF version of this resource. Colour and black and white versions of this booklet are available.

Because this resource includes an answer sheet, we recommend you print one copy of the entire file. Then, make photocopies of the blank worksheets for students to complete.