Theme Poems

This online tool enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included.

This online tool enables students to learn about and write diamante poems.

Students are assigned to be "poets of the day" and are provided several models to create, illustrate, and present their different poems to the class.

Students select a poem and create a Stapleless Book using the interactive tool.

Students read and respond to Billy Collins' poem "Introduction to Poetry." Students then write about a favorite poem and imagine the perfect way to read it.

Introduce gerunds and review nouns, adjectives, and verbs through engaging read-alouds; then apply these concepts through collaborative word-sorting and poetry-writing activities.

Students select a familiar object online, build a bank of words related to the object, and write theme poems that are printed and displayed in class.

Students shape up their reading, writing, and listening skills in this lesson by creating original diamante, acrostic, and shape poems about science.