Poetry

"As you go out with broken hope, look down and reach for her hands."

Warning: I am not an artist and I am not a poet! But I like doing artsy things and I love books! I have been seeing tons of blackout poetry examples on Pinterest and they look really cool! So I dec…

Your students will love creating their own blackout poems with easy to use student directions. Perfect for any time of year -- makes a great fast finisher activity as well as a literature center. Ideal for middle school and high school students. Creative writing and inference skills are challenged.

From videos to haiku to poetry slams, there's something to pique every student's interest.

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April is National Poetry Month! If you're unsure of where to start, begin with music! Why? ➡️Kids love music. ➡️Songs are poems, and when they see that, they are hooked! ➡️Popular songs that kids listen to are chock full of poetic devices. Read my blog post, "The 10 Best Songs for Poetry Analysis in Middle School" for: ➡️10 great song choices ➡️How to use them ➡️Poetic devices contained within them ➡️Ideas for classroom activities Click here to read more!

English teachers, here's a unique list of 40 classroom-friendly slam poems. This is a one-stop-shop for your next slam poetry unit!

Celebrate Poetry Month, or any time, by creating blackout poetry, poetry you write by taking previously written text and blacking out words and phrases so the word or phrase left create a new, original poem.