Poetry month

Four poetry bookmarks on a free, printable coloring page, perfect for National Poetry Month. Designed to get children loving poetry!

Teaching poetry can be intimidating for secondary English teachers. These tips will help you rethink what poetry instruction in the classroom can look like. Lesson plans, inspiration, and new ideas are all featured here for new teachers all the way up to veteran teachers. Go out there and tackle

Looking for new poetry for your middle school and high school students? These 30 poems, recommended and tested by secondary ELA teachers in their own classrooms, are sure to engage and inspire your students during National Poetry Month or any time of year.

I admit, I have never been one to go all out for National Poetry Month in April. I enjoy reading poems with my class and poetry books definitely get their rotation in my monthly book display, but poetry projects or multi-day lessons never seem to fit in. First of all, April is peak testing season

Looking for new poetry for your middle school and high school students? These 30 poems, recommended and tested by secondary ELA teachers in their own classrooms, are sure to engage and inspire your students during National Poetry Month or any time of year.

Whether it's National Poetry Month or you're teaching a creative writing class for the first time, secondary ELA teachers can use this poetry challenge to get students writing without ever getting bored! Here are 30 different types of poems: assign them daily for 30 days in a row or space them out throughout the year - it's up to you! Check out this blog post for a preview of the paid product on TpT. Keep teaching poetry, friends!

Get your pen ready. Grab your favorite poetry collection. Put your party hat on. April is National Poetry Month! Since its humble foundation by the American Academy of Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month has spread to the global community, and has become the world’s largest literary celebrati

I love poetry, but I have to be honest...I don't always understand it. I love grammar and literature because they made sense to me, but poetry was another story. I had a hard time grasping the symbolism in many of the poems we read in school. Even so, there was something so hypnotic about the rhyming and meter of them that mesmerized me.

April is National Poetry Month, which is just around the corner. This post includes 25 ideas for teaching poetry to instill a love of poems!

April is poetry month! These 12 ways to celebrate poetry month include creating poetry flipbooks, ideas for poem in your pocket day, poetry invitation, creating a classroom book of poetry, and so much more!