Links to Other Forms of Poetry and Elements of Poetry

Elements of Poetry

“Poetry: A Feast to Form Fluent Readers” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=22

“What Am I? Teaching Poetry Through Riddles” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=169

Onomatopoeia

“Dr. Seuss’s Sound Words”

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=104

Simile and Metaphor

“Figurative Language Awards Ceremony” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/figurative-language-awards-ceremony-115.html

“As Slippery as an Eel:  An Ocean Unit Exploring Simile and Metaphor” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/slippery-ocean-unit-exploring-832.html

Couplets

“Honoring Our Veterans Through Poetry Prewriting” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=9

“A-Hunting We Will Go: Teaching Rhyming Through Musical Verse” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=264

Rhyming

“Generating Rhymes: Developing Phonemic Awareness” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=121

“Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=273

“What Makes Poetry? Exploring Lien Breaks” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=88

Found Poems/Parallel Poems

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=33

“Poetry from Prose” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=49

Prepositions in Poetry

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=34

Acrostic Poems

“All About Me and My Favorite Things” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=309

General Poetry

“Is a Sentence a Poem?” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=246

Poetry Performance

“In The Poet’s Shoes: Performing Poetry and Building Meaning” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=78

Thematic Poetry

“Multipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts and Increasing Fluency” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=69

“Peace Poems and Picasso Doves: Literature, Art, Technology, and Poetry” lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=93