I’m not sure when National Poetry Month became a thing, but it is. And I’m glad. If you feel April is a great time for teaching poetry and you need some poetry lesson plan or poetry teaching ideas, you are in the right place.
If you feel any month is a great month to teach poetry, you’re in the right place, too.
Poetry Lesson Plans
Imagine having 11 complete poetry units with handouts and lesson plans completed. You don’t need to imagine. These units are teacher ready and student ready. Just print, make copies, and accept accolades from colleagues and students.
- Teaching Poems with Metaphors
- Teaching Poems with Similes
- The Greatest Poetry Lesson Plan Ever
- Rhythm and Meter in Poetry
- English Romantic Poetry
- Symbolism in the Poems of Robert Frost
- William Blake Poetry Analysis
- Poetry Speed Analysis
- Poems for Teaching Meter
- Poems for Teaching Sound Devices
- Figurative Language in Poetry Lesson Plan
- “There Will Come Soft Rains” Poem Analysis
- Poems for Teaching Imagery
- “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Lesson Plan
- “The Raven” Lesson Plans
- Walt Whitman Lesson Plans
- “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” Lesson Plan
- 19 Popular Poems Taught in High School
- Symbolism in “The Raven”
- Literary Analysis of “Dreams” and “What Happens to a Dream Deferred?”
- “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” Lesson Plan and Analysis
- Sound Devices in “Bells” Lesson Plan
- 4-Step Lesson Plan for “Annabel Lee”
- Love Poems and Lesson Plans
- Teaching Sonnets Lesson Plan
- Carl Sandburg Teaching Guide
- Teaching the Poems of Shel Silverstein
- Teaching the Poems of Emily Dickinson
- Poems for Teaching Alliteration
- Poems for Teaching Onomatopoeia
- Poems for Teaching Personification
- How to Annotate and Analyze a Poem
We’ll be adding poetry analysis and poetry lesson plans all throughout the end of March and April, so check back.
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