Poetry high school

Have your students ever described poetry as boring or confusing? It is common for them to feel overwhelmed by poetry because it is so different from other styles of writing. In order for students to move past this attitude, they need to feel confident in their ability to read and write poetry. In this blog post, you will learn how you can instill the love of poetry in high school students. I will also share some of my students' favorite activities for teaching poetry in high school.

Read poetry and write about it! This post is full of nine ways to make analyzing and responding to poems engaging for middle and high school students. #PoetryLessons #MiddleSchoolPoetry #HighSchoolPoetry

Help bring poetry to life for our older students!

Try these fun poetry activities for high school students and engage even the most reluctant learners in creative thinking and poetry writing!

Teaching poetry? Avoid the groans from your students by making the process a little more fun for them. Room 213 has strategies and free activities that you can use to get your students interested in (and less afraid of) poetry. #poetrylessons #middleschoolela #highschoolenglish #teachingpoetry #figurativelanguage

Apr 9, 2019 - Engaging teaching strategies and learning resources for middle school ELA and high school English students.

How to use a variety of poetry creation activities outside of a dedicated poetry unit. Use poetry creation as part of everyday lessons in ELA

This sweet & classic compilation of poems for middle school will give your poetry unit the extra pizzaz you've been looking for!

Creating high school poetry lessons that are engaging help our young people develop critical thinking skills! Seven ways to help. Can you think of any ways that I have missed?