One Teacher's Adventures

I've been working on this pack off and on for a couple weeks, and it's finally ready and up for sale!  This pack includes 10 no-prep worksheets for teaching poetry.  It's perfect to put into a sub tub! Check it out below and let me know what you think!  Click on the cover image or click here to download the pack! Ezra Pound Couplets: Haiku: Limerick: The pack also includes: -Tanka -Sonnet -I Am poem -Found poetry -Biographical poem -Cinquain -Diamante The adorable bookworm on the cover is from Krista Wallden at Creative Clips!  It's from her "Reading Buddies" clipart set. Looking for more great tips and ideas for middle school? Subscribe to my email list and receive an exclusive FREE sub plans resource. It includes plans for math, ELA, science, social studies, and Core French. Click  here  to subscribe.

My Grade 9's are in the middle of a poetry unit in English.  When I introduced the unit, I received more than a few disgruntled sighs.  I heard a lot of "I hate poetry," "Poetry is so boring," and "I'm so bad at poetry."  However, I have made some conversions through Found Poetry. To create their found poems, my students were given a random piece of text (I photocopied various pages of whatever books were in the copy room), and they were asked to find words and phrases to put together to create a new poem.  Their new poem had to have a cohesive thought and a consistent theme or message. When they had chosen their words, they were asked to illustrate their new poems to highlight the theme, mood, or tone of the poem. I was really impressed with what they created, so I thought I'd share with you. When they had finished illustrating their poems, they wrote reflections on why they stylized the poems the way they did and l...