![Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1853_0.jpg?h=28121b77&itok=K59qndoa)
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![What Makes Poetry? Exploring Line Breaks](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1911_0.jpg?h=dc62bef8&itok=L-YJueOs)
![Summarizing with Haikus](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/112_2.jpg?h=54c3999e&itok=ttylScli)
![Building Community through Poetry: A Role for Imagination in the Classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/620_0.jpg?h=031b01a4&itok=HzHHZDNK)
![Pairing Fiction With Poetry and Performance](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1436_0.jpg?h=532f8413&itok=P_wcCk2h)
![Learning about Clouds with Haikus](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/113_2.jpg?h=bfa41935&itok=vRULT11u)
![Developing Aesthetic Criteria: Using Music to Move Beyond Like/Dislike with Poetry](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/161_0.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=Tsi5cK3P)
![The Magnetism of Language: Parts of Speech, Poetry, and Word Play](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1384_0.jpg?h=fee4874d&itok=Ikly-7lD)
![Responding to Tragedy: Then and Now](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/362_2.jpg?h=7ff59eb0&itok=yljSpeCT)
![Speak to Me: Teaching with Voki](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/288.jpg?h=15ce170d&itok=kV40iUfr)
![Riddle Interactive](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/946.jpg?h=73541a1f&itok=_e_7IAAs)
The Riddle Interactive outlines the characteristics of riddle poems and provides direct instruction on the prewriting and drafting process for writing original riddle poems.
![Examining History with Maya Angelou's Poetry](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/97.jpg?h=affafdcc&itok=LzZn42sX)
To understand the historical background that influenced Maya Angelou's poems, students research events to produce trading cards using the ReadWriteThink Trading Card Student Interactive. Through the sharing of these trading cards, students understand the historical background as they analyze Angelou's poetry.
![Performing Poetry](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/443.jpg?h=5198e285&itok=M0sIW-oJ)
![Poet Emily Dickinson was born in 1830.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1196_0.jpg?h=c13a2012&itok=Vaz9Pisz)
Everyone loves getting a greeting card, especially if it's homemade. Make a funny or thoughtful greeting card or invitation with pictures and a poem, joke, or riddle.
![In the Poet's Shoes: Performing Poetry and Building Meaning](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1920_0.jpg?h=5b202feb&itok=iMnsn1pS)
![Poe's "The Raven" was published in 1845.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1186_0.jpg?h=065f5783&itok=6jO1vbRr)
![Sherman Alexie in the Classroom: "This is not a silent movie. Our voices will save our lives."](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/50_2.jpg?h=390c5842&itok=cqTtaYz_)
![Comparing William Carlos Williams's Poetry with Cubist Paintings](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/14_2.jpg?h=3b347800&itok=C9zXkTa8)
Through discussion, drawing, and writing, students compare how William Carlos Williams's poetry and Cubist and Precisionist painting employ similar artistic strategies, enhancing their understanding of both kinds of text.