Mini Research Project on a Poet Virtual Writing Reading Activities

Deepen your students' understanding of poetry. Invite your students to learn more about a poet -- and deepen their understanding of poetry. Use this resource to help your students sharpen their research skills and learn about a poet.

Teaching research skills is a snap with this easy-to-use digital notebook. It will guide your students with research questions and prompts that will direct their research.

What teachers are saying about my digital resources:

• "Saved me a ton of time and it was perfect to add to Google Classroom"
• "Exactly what I needed. Thank you!"
• "Fun and well thought out resource!"

By the end of this lesson, your students will have:

• researched a poet of either their or your choosing
• created a list of questions about this person
• used reference materials to locate information about how a person grew up and lived
• imported/found pictures
• determined type of poetry the poet wrote (or writes)
• found other texts written by this person
• determined challenges and influences
• found a poem by this writer & respond to it personally
• created a fact sheet
• evaluated why people enjoy this poetry
• determined famous or popular works
• listed awards received
• created a digital or print poster that can be shared with others
• created a works cited page

What you'll get:

• digital notebook your students can use today
• the notebook includes prompts - so it's self-directed
• research questions
• teacher resource with tips for getting the most from this

This is going to save you so much time!

Ways to use this:
This research notebook is flexible!

• Allow students to choose any poet to research
• Create a list for your students can choose from
• Complete a whole-class study
• Use for author studies
• Self-guided

Reasons to love this digital resource:

• ready to use today -- just share with your students!
• easy-to-use to incorporate research into your warm ups, workshop time, or centers
• prompts direct students -- helps them control the amount of information they need to find
• makes research fun and interesting!
• a great sub plan!

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I can't wait to hear from you! I read and respond to all feedback – please let me know how you use this resource & earn TPT credits at the same time! And if you have any questions, just pop them into the Q&A below, and I'll get right back to you!
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With gratitude,
Marypat