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Higher education poetry study guides
The Canterbury Tales Unit Plan - MASSIVE 300+ Page No-Prep Teacher Resource
The Canterbury Tales Unit Plan - over 300 pages of NO-PREP ready-to-go unit with articles, handouts, worksheets, study guide/comprehension questions, projects, and assessments for grades 11-12! Classroom-Tested with a 4.8/5 Rating! In-depth work on the General Prologue, plus the Knight's Tale, Miller's Tale, Reeve's Tale, Shipman's Tale, Prioress's Tale, Monk's Tale, Nun's Priest's Tale, Pardoner's Tale, Wife of Bath's Tale, Summoner's Tale, Clerk's Tale, Merchant's Tale, Franklin's Tale, Parso
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Poetry Terms Study Guide, Quiz, and Crossword Puzzle Digital and Print
Poetry Terms Study Guide with a quiz for quick assessment and a fun crossword puzzle for review. Twenty-two vocabulary words listed for study, and a page for students to define on the line provided. Has a fun poetry terms crossword puzzle for application. Includes a quick assessment. The poetry terms quiz or test requires students to apply what they have learned by identifying the poetry term that best describes the example given. 10 questions. Great for substitute, homework, homeschool, e-lear
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5th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Poetry Bundle of Teaching Resources Grades 5 - 8
Dante's Inferno Individual Notes Pages PDF
This is a collection of individual notes pages for teaching Dante's Inferno. Each Canto of Inferno is given its own page packed with information taken from the poem.The notes pages not only summarize the plot of the text, but also explain literary devices as well as ask students to reflect and to think ahead. Additionally, each page demonstrates MLA citations and a Works Cited list, perfect for reinforcing these concepts with students.These notes pages are included in PDF format, perfect for pri
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Power Point
This 49-slide Power Point presentation on T. S. Eliot’s iconic poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, explores the dichotomous narrative voice as representative of a dialogue between Prufrock’s id and ego as he procrastinates and circumvents interaction with a female at as social gathering. Eliot’s combination of Modernist elements with traditional and formal literary devices complements Prufrock’s stream-of-consciousness meanderings replete with biblical, mythological, and literary allusio
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Pretty Darn Fast Poetry Analysis Study Guide
A fast, unique, and highly effective way to analyze poetry. It will also help students prepare for the AP Literature Exam or advanced English courses in both high school and college. I devised this method to help students who have trouble remembering all the elements of poetry. I hope it helps your students as much as it helped mine. When introducing this technique, I find that it is best to allow your students to work in small groups. Then, after practicing on several poems, they will be ready
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Writing About Literature Bundle
FREE Author's Craft Cheat Sheet and Poetry Stop & Jot Sheet
I created this handy reference sheet of Author's Craft terms and examples. Not only do I access it daily, but I give it to students to use as a reference as well. I even send it home and let the students explain it to their parents.
Students can use the Author's Craft Cheat Sheet with Poetry Stop & Jot Sheet as they read and appreciate poetry during National Poetry Month or any month of the year.
I hope you, your students and your parents enjoy this freebie!
Some fonts by Miss Tiin
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K - 12th, Higher Education
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COTTAGERS AND INDIANS -- Drew Hayden Taylor (Play)
But colonization had a nasty tendency to work its way into the DNA, the beliefs and philosophies and the very ways of life of the people being colonized.~Drew Hayden TaylorLooking for an engaging, entertaining, and enlightening play?Hayden Taylor is a well-known Indigenous storyteller using various media for which he has received praise and awards. He loves “to explore and teach through humour.” (xi) It is his trademark, and his humour will make you laugh and, perhaps, step on your colonial toes
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: INDIGENOUS STUDY BUNDLE: 5 Authors & 5 Genres
"The Odyssey" - Double-Side Notebook - Comprehension Questions, Annotations, Key
"The Odyssey" - 15 Episodes in Double-Side Notebook Format with comprehension questions, teacher annotations, and an answer key.
1. Inovacation
2. Sailing From Troy
3.. The Lotus Eaters
4.. The Cyclops
5. Land of the Dead
6. The Sirens
7. Scylla and Charybdis
8. Cattle of the Sun God
9. Twenty Years and I am Back
10. Argus
11. Suitors
12. Penelope
13. The Challenge
14. Odysseus' Revenge
15. Penelope's Test
This assignment and other engaging activities can also be purchased in our The Odyssey U
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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BRITISH POETRY ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN UNIT - Study Guides, Workbooks and Tests
SAVE $9! This vibrant British poetry unit comprises a colorful Romantics Study Guide, workbook and test, a Rime of the Ancient Mariner Study Guide, workbook and test, AND a Victorians Study Guide, workbook and test. 207 pages! All the workbooks and tests come with suggested answer keys. Everything you need to teach this exciting 135 years of poetic greatness has been done for you. Once you have photocopied the workbooks, you are set! ALL of the content is included, even the poems; there's no nee
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Sylvia Plath "Selected Poems": A Study Guide
Sylvia Plath "Selected Poems": A Study Guide is the Third Edition of this guide, completely rewritten and revised to 165 pages (around 80,000 words)!The result is a detailed guide to the poems in the Faber "Selected Poems" of Sylvia Plath. The guide was written after a great deal of research and study.Includes:1. Preface and Teacher's Introduction;2. Background information on Plath, critical viewpoints on her poetry, the development of her poetry, Freud, the problems of interpretation, etc.;3.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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How to Read POETRY Like a Professor Study Guide Worksheets & Key
If you're using Thomas Foster's new book, How to Read Poetry Like a Professor, you need this study guide to help your students. Each chapter has questions based on the reading and places where students can show their own understanding of the material. This is a great way to teach or review the basic concepts of poetry, especially for AP English Literature or IB classes. Each chapter is on its own page, so you can use all 17 chapters or just specific ones as individual worksheets. An answer key i
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Summary of 'The Wild Iris' poetry collection by Louise Glück
Structure and summary of Louise Glück's The Wild Iris for Cambridge A-Level. This document contains a poem-by-poem breakdown of the collection, together with a short summary of each poem. To assist teachers and students in understanding the development of the speaker's relationship with God, the poems that are not examinable have been included; however, these have been highlighted to avoid confusion.Cover Image by Freepik
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12th, Higher Education, Staff
Introduction to . . . Sylvia Plath (2024) (120 slides, revision mats & lessons)
Introduction to Sylvia Plath - 2024 lesson bundleEmbark on a literary journey with our extensive Sylvia Plath Poetry Bundle, an engaging 120-slide resource designed for a four-week teaching unit.This is an excellent value resource; it consists of four individual teaching units which each come with their own tasks, notes and pupil paragraph responses. It’s perfect as an introduction to Plath, a revision resource or an connected unseen texts unit!It weaves together a tapestry of tasks that challen
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Bundle: 'The Wild Iris' by Louise Glück (the first ten poems)
Bundle: literary analysis of the first ten poems of Louise Glück's The Wild Iris that are set for Cambridge A-Levels.Contains: The Wild IrisMatins 1 (‘the sun shines by the mailbox’...)Matins 2 (Unreachable father…)TrilliumLamiumClear MorningEnd of WinterMatins 3 (‘Forgive me if I say I love you…’)Retreating WindThe GardenImage by mystraysoul on Pixabay
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12th, Higher Education, Staff
Commentaries on Selected Poems for Examination Revision
This resource is a guide that includes commentaries on the following poems and it highlights the following poems.Poet Title PageJeri Kroll1. Quickening …………………………………………………… 12. On Watching a Sleeping Child …………………………………………………… 1William BlakeFrom The Songs of Innocence3. Infant Joy …………………………………………………… 54. The Chimney Sweeper …………………………………………………… 55. The Lamb …………………………………………………… 66. Holy Thursday …………………………………………………… 7From The Songs of Experience7. THE Chimney Sweeper …………………………………………………… 98. Th
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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AP Exam Literature and Poetry Term Review
This document contains well over 100 literary and poetry terms that I have taught my students over the duration of my year-long AP Literature and Composition course. It is meant as a review, not as the first exposure to these terms, as the initial notes they are drawn from are far more extensive. All the terms are defined as concisely as possible.
Hope it helps your students prep for the test as it does mine.
I've been teaching a very successful AP Literature program for 9 years that I sta
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12th, Higher Education
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Poetry Booklet / A Booklet to practice the Analysis of Poetry
This booklet provides exercises for studying and analyzing poetry for Middle and High School Students. This booklet provides clear and simple definitions of poetic devices and tools that are used for studying and understanding any poem. This booklet also includes several poems along with questions that can be used by teachers to reinforce the skills that are previously explained, so the students are given the chance to practice the skills that were taught in this booklet. This resource can be u
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Poetry Overview / All The Tools of Poetry in one Place Explained with Examples
This presentation is a comprehensive guide to the study of poetry and it includes all the tools and the devices used in the study of poetry. All the tools of poetry are explained in simple language and they are provided with examples from all types of poems. This resource is an ideal companion for the study of poetry for all learners from the beginners to the advanced and it can be used with all students and teachers to introduce the poetic devices and to revise for exams and assessments.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Love & Relationships Poetry Anthology PowerPoint Slides (AQA Board)
This PowerPoint contains 121 slides on the 15 poets in the AQA Love & Relationship cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet. There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the guide contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay s
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Types of Poetry / An Interactive Presentation
This resource is an interactive presentation that guides the learners to discover the different types of poems through reading samples of these poems with a brief introduction and definition of each one of these types. The learners can easily navigate through this presentation and discover on their own the poems and their different types and characteristics.Poetry is a language. It has been written, spoken, and read for thousands upon thousands of years. Poetry can evoke emotion, memories, and b
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Reading Poetry A Booklet for Reading & Studying Poetry / Middle and High School
This booklet is a resource for the study of poetry for middle and high school students, this booklet includes poems with questions exercises, and guides for study and analysis.The poems in this booklet include the following: Selected Poems: Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins Faces by Sara Teasdale Thumbprint by Eve Merriam Caged Bird by Maya Angelou The Courage That My Mother Had by Edna St. Vincent Millay The Lanyard by Billy Collins The Revenant by Billy Collins Mid-Term Break by
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
How To Analyze a Poem / A Practical Guide
A Visual and an engaging guide to the analysis of poetry. This resource guides the learners to the world of poetry analysis by presenting clear definitions and examples about the poetic devices. It includes:Visual ElementsLyric DevicesLiteral MeaningFigurative MeaningImageryHistorical ContextThemeThis resource will make approaching any poem an easy and an enjoyable task, this resource can be used as an introduction to the study of poetry, or it can be used for revision purposes in preparation fo
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
John Keats/ "Ode to a Nightingale" / A Reading Guide
.This presentation is a reading guide to the study of the poetry of John Keats and his poem " Ode to a Nightingale". “Ode to a Nightingale” was inspired by the singing of a nightingale that had built its nest close to the house of a friend of the poet in Hampstead. At that time, Keats’ brother Tom had just died, he himself was threatened with consumption. In the beginning the bird is presented as a real bird, but as the poem progresses, the bird becomes a symbol. The song of the nightingale symb
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
'Witchgrass' by Louise Glück: Poem Analysis
Line-by-line analysis of Witchgrass from Louise Glück's The Wild Iris, for Cambridge A-Level.In addition to a line-by-line analysis, this resource contains a note on:Form, Meter and Rhyme Scheme.Themes
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Learn more about poetry resources
Poetry encourages students to engage with language, explore their thoughts and feelings, and connect with the broader human experience. If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital poetry resources, look no further. TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
If you want to make poets out of younger students in elementary grades, then acrostic poems or fill in the blank poems are the perfect place to start. (In fact, many poetry resources on TPT include templates so your students can easily get started producing their own poetry, whether it’s a haiku, or limerick.) For older students in middle and high school, you can find an array of resources to teach them about everything from iambic pentameter, figurative language, to famous poets from history. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your students’ poetry skills in no time.
Fun and engaging poetry activities to try
Teaching students about poetry can be an engaging and creative experience. Here are a few ideas for poetry activities that you can find on TPT to help you introduce and explore the world of poetry with your students:
Poetic Device Scavenger Hunt
Distribute some poems and have students identify and highlight poetic devices like similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and imagery. Discuss what these are and the overall impact on the reader's experience.
Poetry Analysis Jigsaw
Divide students into small groups, assigning each group a different poem. Have each group analyze the assigned poem's themes, tone, and literary devices, and present their findings to the class.
Poetry Slam or Performance
Organize a poetry slam where students can perform poems they’ve written themselves or those written by famous poets. This will help build confidence and strengthen their public speaking skills.
Writing Poetry from Different Perspectives
Ask students to write a poem from the perspective of an inanimate object or an animal to foster empathy and encourage creative, out-of-the-box thinking.
Creating Found Poetry
Provide magazines, newspapers, or online articles. Have students cut out interesting words and phrases, and use them to create their own unique poems.
These (and other!) activities can help deepen your students’ appreciation for poetry and enhance their creative writing skills.
Frequently asked questions about teaching poetry
What types of poetry resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of poetry resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular poetry lessons include learning how to write haikus, acrostic poems, limericks, and free verse.
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