Experimenting with Poetry Writing
from NCTE INBOX 3-18-08

Start planning your National Poetry Month celebration with the following lesson plans and classroom-ready resources, all of which invite students to write their own poetry.

• A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry (E)

• Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season (E)

• Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme (E)

• Polishing Preposition Skills through Poetry and Publication (M)

• Exploring Change through Allegory and Poetry (M)

• The ABCs of Poetry (M-S)

• Finding Poetry in Prose: Reading and Writing Love Poems (S)

• Put That on the List: Collaboratively Writing a Catalog Poem (S)

• Discovering Traditional Sonnet Forms (S)

• "Found & Headline Poems," from Getting the Knack: 20 Poetry Writing Exercises (M-S-C)

• "Sestinas and Villanelles from the Inner City" (C)

• "Novices Encounter a Novice Literature: Introducing Digital Literature in a First-Year College Writing Class" (C)

For more ideas for teaching poetry, see the Poetry Teacher Resource Collection, which includes links to additional articles, lesson plans, and other resources.

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Initials in annotations indicate academic level of the resource (E=Elementary, M=Middle, S=Secondary, C=College, TE=Teacher Education, G=General).

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