This Poetry Writing Unit includes over 230 pages of poetry writing activities to teach how to write 15 different types of poems. In addition to learning and writing different types of poetry, students learn and practice various forms of figurative language.

What’s Included in this Poetry Writing Unit?

• 15 Poetry Posters – to introduce students to each type of poetry (color and black & white)
• Planning Pages – for brainstorming poetry topics
• Poetry Prompts - 3 Prompts per poetry type
• Publishing Paper - multiple designs for students to choose from for each poetry type
• 7 Figurative Language Posters – each illustrated poster provides a definition and example (color and black & white)
• Figurative Language Practice Pages – pages for students to practice different types of figurative language (color and black & white)
• 10 Poetry Vocab Cards (color and black &white)
• 15 Poetry Notebook Cover Options – full-page and half-page option
• Poetry Palazzo Banner – to create a poetry bulletin board for students to showcase their favorite poetry (color and black & white)
• Rubric

Types of Poetry Included:

Haiku

Cinquain

Acrostic

Limerick

Diamante

Clerihew

Free Verse

Concrete

Couplet

Biographical

Japanese Lantern

Pyramid

Tanka

Sensory

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