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Do you want to make learning about poetry engaging? Are you struggling to find an appropriate no prep activity? Then download this National Poetry Month Activity WebQuest! This comprehensive research project allows students to learn about various types of poems, historical (poetry-related!) events, records, and more! This WebQuest is perfect for your poetry unit, National Poetry Month (April), small groups or individuals, substitute plans, homework, extra credit, and more!

You'll receive this activity in print and digital formats when you purchase this scavenger hunt resource. The research questions provide scaffolded instruction that can be completed individually, in pairs, or in small groups. You can use this lesson as a fun team-building or gamified activity. Your students are guaranteed to learn more about poetry with this high-quality, no-prep resource!

➟ Ways to Use This Resource:

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This bundle includes foldable poetry analysis activities for 3 Sylvia Plath poems: "Metaphors", "Morning Song", and "Mirrors". Please check out the products individually and watch my video on how to use my line of poetry foldables! Thank you!

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This product bundles 3 of my foldable poetry analysis activities by William Worsdworth together for one low cost! You'll get "My Heart Leaps Up", "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge", and "The World is Too Much With Us". Please watch my video to see how foldables work, and check out each product link individually. Than you so much!

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This product bundles all 3 of my E.E. Cummings poetry analysis tools together for a discount! Please check out each resource individually below and watch my video about how to use foldables to chunk the text. Thank you so much!

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This resource features a set of 25 reader response journal prompts for use during your unit on Shakespeare. Each bell ringer is comprised of a Shakespearean quote from one of his plays or sonnets and a thoughtfully crafted question that encourages students to personally connect and appreciate the timelessness of his work. Prompts can be used as bell-ringers (most popular and mean the first 5 minutes of every class for more than a month are planned for you!), summarizers, stations, full class or small group discussion questions, for homework, task cards, sub plans, as a filler activity… the possibilities are endless!

Example of a prompt:

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players… and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages” ~ As You Like It

What types of roles do you play in your own life? How do these roles differ and to what audience(s) are they played? Why do we find ourselves playing different roles for different people within our lives?

Enjoy using these bell ringers during your study of any Shakespearean play or any time throughout the year when you just need to hear a few wise words from the Bard!

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This resource features a digital set of 25 reader response journal prompts to complement your Shakespeare unit and support distance learning using Google Drive. Each bell ringer is comprised of a Shakespearean quote from one of his plays or sonnets and a thoughtfully crafted question that encourages students to personally connect and appreciate the timelessness of his work. Prompts can be used as bell-ringers (most popular and mean the first 5 minutes of every class for more than a month are planned for you!), summarizers, stations, full class or small group discussion questions, for homework, task cards, sub plans, as a filler activity… the possibilities are endless!

Example of a prompt:

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players… and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages” ~ As You Like It

What types of roles do you play in your own life? How do these roles differ and to what audience(s) are they played? Why do we find ourselves playing different roles for different people within our lives?

Enjoy using these bell ringers during your study of any Shakespearean play or any time throughout the year when you just need to hear a few wise words from the Bard!

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This product can be used as a final assessment for A Raisin in the Sun. It requires students to synthesize the play and two Hughes poems by comparing the use of symbolism and the theme of the importance of dreams.

First, students will analyze "Harlem" and "Dreams" using the two foldables. Your students will fold the paper in half the long way, and cut along the black lines into the midline of the paper. They will end up with a long, skinny version of the poem on the front of the flaps, and analysis question inside. As they read the poem, they will peel back the flap to reveal questions that ask them to analyze the poem! I've attached my video that explains how to use foldables.

After the students analyze the poems, they're ready to write! The prompt asks them to synthesize all three texts by comparing e use of symbolism and the theme of the importance of dreams. I've included a comprehensive rubric so students are aware of the criteria, and teachers will be able to quickly and effective grade the final products!

Engage your students in a captivating exploration of the celestial wonder that is a total solar eclipse with these total solar eclipse poetry and creative writing prompts! This comprehensive resource is designed specifically for 7th to 9th-grade classrooms and is meticulously crafted to align with Common Core State Standards, ensuring meaningful and educational experiences for your students.

Inside this collection, you'll find 12 poetry prompts and 9 creative writing prompts, all centered around the theme of total solar eclipses. These prompts are thought-provoking and provide students with a deeper understanding of astronomy while honing their language arts skills.

The poetry prompts encourage students to explore the beauty and mystery of total solar eclipses through vivid imagery, figurative language, and emotional expression. Students will delve into topics such as the symbolism of darkness and light, the dance of the sun and moon, and the cultural significance of eclipses throughout history.

In addition to the poetry prompts, the creative writing prompts in this collection challenge students. From crafting science fiction stories set in eclipse-powered futures to debating the cultural impact of eclipses in ancient civilizations, these prompts foster critical thinking and imaginative exploration.

As the upcoming total solar eclipse captures the curiosity and wonder of students everywhere, this collection provides you with a ready-to-use resource that seamlessly integrates science, language arts, and creativity. Spark meaningful discussions, inspire literary creations, and deepen your students' understanding of the universe with these prompts.

Smash Doodles are a great way to assess reading while encouraging creativity, whether in ELA or ELL. I love using this at the end of the year to demonstrate that a student can read independently and show what they know. Plus, it's easy to grade! Also, a great resource for homeschooling at any age. The set up for these Smash Doodles (with the rubric) make it easy to grade.

Included:

1. Instructions

2 Smash Doodle Sheet that students fill out to make sure they meet all the criteria.

3. A second Smash Doodle Sheet that allows for more creativity

4. Easy to use rubric.

5. Criteria that pushes students to think critically and make use of best practices in reading comprehension.

So, what is it?

A Smash Doodle is a way to show what students have learned from the chapter or reading assigned. It involves creativity, color, the most important vocabulary, students' thoughts and questions.

Who is it for?

This resource works for any level of students and any reading. It can be used with novels, short stories, poetry, and even non-fiction. This assignment is automatically differentiated as students will choose the vocabulary that they need and not simply a list dictated by the teacher. It allows students to show their knowledge with images that they feel best represent the reading without compromising content.

What does the assignment include?

This particular Smash Doodle assignment includes:

1. The title of the reading (and chapter of the book if applicable)
2. 5 vocabulary words in English with the definition and a hand-drawn picture in color.
3. 3 thoughts about the chapter
4. 3 quotes from the book with page numbers to practice citations
5. 3 questions. It could be things you are curious about or questions for characters
6. A main image that represents the chapter.

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Bring powerful poetry into your classroom with this beautifully designed comprehension resource for William Wordsworth’s poignant poem "She Sleeps by the Rill." This ready-to-use set of Poetry Comprehension Worksheets is ideal for grades 7–12 ELA or literature classes.

This printable and digital PDF includes:

• Full-text of the poem

• 6 structured worksheet sections, each targeting a key analytical skill:

• Theme & Meaning

• Narrative Elements

• Language & Diction

• Cultural & Historical Context

• Personal Response

• Author’s Purpose

• ✅ Answer Guide included for teacher use or student self-assessment

Students will develop critical reading and interpretive skills by exploring:

• Literary devices
• Mood, symbolism, and tone
• The poet’s message and emotional impact
• Text-to-self and text-to-world connections

Perfect for:

• Poetry units
• Literature circles
• Sub plans
• Exam preparation
• Independent or guided analysis

This resource encourages deep engagement with poetry and aligns with Common Core standards for literature and textual analysis.

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This resource features a set of 20 reader response journal prompts for use during your unit on Edgar Allan Poe. Each bell ringer is comprised of a quote from the Master of Suspense himself and a thoughtfully crafted question that encourages students to personally connect and appreciate the timelessness of his musings. Prompts can be used as bell-ringers (most popular and mean the first 5 minutes of every class for more than a month are planned for you!), exit tickets, stations, full class or small group discussion questions, for homework, task cards, sub plans, as a filler activity… the possibilities are endless!

Example of a prompt:

"Who has not, a hundred times, found himself committing a vile or a silly action, for no other reason than because he knows he should not?”

Think of a time when you did something while you were very much aware that you should not be doing it. Why did you do it? What were the consequences of your decision to commit this wrong?

Enjoy using these bell ringers during your study of any of Poe's stories, Halloween, or any time throughout the year when you just need to hear a few wise words from the Father of Horror!

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This is a dynamic moment in history! This Phyllis Wheatley "LETTER TO REVEREND OCCUM" [Letter & Lesson Activities] resource provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. Wheatley's popular LETTER, 20+ discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Version, Projects, 10 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESIONTS, cover page for independent student packet possibility, and a Biography. This historical document allows students to read and analyze WORKS of literary merit. 10th - 11th Graders will love this RESOURCE. Check it out!

Summary:

Despite spending much of her life enslaved, Phillis Wheatley was the first African American and second woman (after Anne Bradstreet) to publish a book of poems.

Born around 1753 in Gambia, Africa, Wheatley was captured by slave traders and brought to America in 1761. Upon arrival, she was sold to the Wheatley family in Boston, Massachusetts. Her first name Phillis was derived from the ship that brought her to America, “the Phillis.”

The Wheatley family educated her and within sixteen months of her arrival in America she could read the Bible, Greek and Latin classics, and British literature. She also studied astronomy and geography. At age fourteen, Wheatley began to write poetry, publishing her first poem in 1767. Publication of “An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of the Celebrated Divine George Whitefield” in 1770 brought her great notoriety. In 1773, with financial support from the English Countess of Huntingdon, Wheatley traveled to London with the Wheatley's son to publish her first collection of poems, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral—the first book written by a black woman in America. It included a forward, signed by John Hancock and other Boston notables—as well as a portrait of Wheatley—all designed to prove that the work was indeed written by a black woman. She was emancipated her shortly thereafter.

Her firsthand account of history [primary sources] in the form of letters/historical documents have been used in education, specifically English classes, for decades because of their strength of diction and composition, but the content pretexts motherhood, wifehood, and blacks and women's fight for equality and recognition.

This 9th - 11th grade canonized set of letters allows students to understand the need to reflect.

This RESOURCE Includes:

1. Letter to Reverend Occum

2. Who was Phyllis Wheatley? Written Biography

3. Each letter has 3 -9 Discussion Questions [25 questions]

4. Wheatley's Wit

5. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]

6. 10 Multiple Choice Questions

7. Group letter Presentations and much more to make your classroom GREAT!

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This Robert Browning "2 Poems" [Lesson Activities and Poems] product provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. 2 of Browning's popular poems, 16 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Versions, quizzes, and a Biography. These poems allow students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 9th - 12th Graders will love this product. Check it out!

Summary:

Born May 7, 1812, London—died Dec. 12, 1889, Venice, Robert Browning, (born May 7, was a major English poet of the Victorian age, noted for his mastery of dramatic monologue and psychological portraiture. His most noted work was The Ring and the Book (1868–69), the story of a Roman murder trial in 12 books.

This 9th - 12th grade canonized set of poems allows students to understand life and love and the need to reflect.

Poems Included:

1. "My Last Duchess"

2. "Porphyria's Lover"

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1. Who is Robert Browning? Written/Video Biography

2. Each poem has 16 Discussion Questions [16 questions]

3. Browning Visual Poetry

4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]

5. Group Poem Presentations

6. Dark Love and much more

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This OCTAVIO PAZ'S "3 Poems" [Lesson Activities and Poems] resource provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. 3 of Paz's popular poems, 21 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Versions, quizzes, and a Biography. These poems allow students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 9th - 12th Graders will love this resource and your lesson. Check it out!

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Octavio Paz, a Mexican poet, writer, and diplomat was born March 31, 1914, Mexico City, Mexico—died April 19, 1998, Mexico City; he was recognized as one of the major Latin American writers of the 20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.

This 9th - 12th grade canonized set of poems allows students to understand life and love for our own journey, heritage and relationships.

Poems Included:

1. "Wind, Water, Stone"

2. "As One Listens to the Rain" (includes Spanish Version)

3. "The Street"

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1. Who was Octavio Paz (Video Biographies)

2. Each poem has 7 Discussion Questions [21 questions]

3. Paz Visual Poetry

4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]

5. Group Poem Presentations

6. Reciting Paz

7. It's About Us and much more

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Socratic Seminar Materials for Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

A Socratic Seminar (or a "Fish Bowl" Conversation as I like to call them with my students) is a higher order way of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, this student-tested resource was created to include everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe... with very little preparation required on your end.

This product includes:

• Assignment Directions with step-by-step instructions on how to conduct fishbowls in your classroom

• Fun Introductory Lesson Plan on Academic Conversations

• 5 Discussion Questions for each “Fish Bowl”

• “Fish Bowl” Preparation Sheet

• Conversation Builder Prompts

• Observation Sheet

• Rubric

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This OCTAVIO PAZ'S "3 Poems" [Lesson Activities and Poems] resource provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. 3 of Paz's popular poems, 21 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Versions, quizzes, and a Biography. These poems allow students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 9th - 12th Graders will love this resource and your lesson. Check it out!

Summary:

Octavio Paz, a Mexican poet, writer, and diplomat was born March 31, 1914, Mexico City, Mexico—died April 19, 1998, Mexico City; he was recognized as one of the major Latin American writers of the 20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.

This 9th - 12th grade canonized set of poems allows students to understand life and love for our own journey, heritage and relationships.

Poems Included:

1. "Wind, Water, Stone"

2. "As One Listens to the Rain" (includes Spanish Version)

3. "The Street"

This Product Includes:

1. Who was Octavio Paz (Video Biographies)

2. Each poem has 7 Discussion Questions [21 questions]

3. Paz Visual Poetry

4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]

5. Group Poem Presentations

6. Reciting Paz

7. It's About Us and much more

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This DYLAN THOMAS "2 Poems" [Lesson Activities and Poems] resource provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. 2 of Thomas' popular poems, 14 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Versions, quizzes, and a Biography. These poems allow students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 9th - 12th Graders will love this product. Check it out!

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Dylan Thomas, a Welshman, was a reporter and prominent writer in the early 20th century. His most famous poem, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," was published in 1952, but his reputation was solidified years earlier. Thomas' prose includes Under Milk Wood (1954) and A Child's Christmas in Wales (1955). Thomas was in high demand for his animated readings, but debt and heavy drinking took their toll, and he died in New York City while on tour in 1953, at age 39. was a reporter and prominent writer in the early 20th century. His most famous poem, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," was published in 1952, but his reputation was solidified years earlier. Thomas' prose includes Under Milk Wood (1954) and A Child's Christmas in Wales (1955). Thomas was in high demand for his animated readings, but debt and heavy drinking took their toll, and he died in New York City while on tour in 1953, at age 39.

This 9th - 12th grade canonized set of poems allows students to understand life and love for our childhood, heritage and family.

Poems Included:

1. "Fern Hill"

2. "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"

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1. Who was Dylan Thomas (Video Biographies)

2. Each poem has 7 Discussion Questions [14 questions]

3. Thomas Visual Poetry

4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]

5. Group Poem Presentations

6. Reciting Thomas

7. It's About Us and much more

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Are you looking for an authentic, student-led final assessment for Brown Girl Dreaming? This resource contains everything you need to hold a Socratic Seminar Fishbowl Discussion in your classroom for the text

Included are two different packets of Socratic Seminar packets- packet A and packet B. Each packet contains three different discussion questions that require students to answer and provide two quotes from the text to back up their answers. Students are also required to come up with three additional questions they will ask if there’s time in their seminar. Finally, the packet has a page where each student will monitor a partner in the opposite circle. They will make a check each time their partner speaks, and paraphrase meaningful comments their partner makes. The file also contains a rubric for you to use while your students are discussing!

When you print out the file, you’ll see packet A on the top half of the sheet, packet B on the bottom half, and then the rubric as the last page of the file. Remove the rubric and print one out for each of your students. Copy the rest of the pages, cut them in half, and staple them. Each student will receive one half-sheet booklet; packet A or packet B.

Give your students adequate time to plan for their Seminar! I usually give them a full class period (40 minutes for me), but you could have them do it for homework, or over the course of a few days. The day of the Seminar, you’ll assign partners with opposite packets. Let A discuss for as long as they need (usually 25 -30-ish minutes for me!), then flip-flop your circles and have B discuss afterwards.

My students LOVE Socratic Seminars! I have found the fishbowl discussion format works much better when you give each group three different questions so you don’t hear the same discussion two times, which is how this product is set up. I have used Socratic Seminars in small literature circle groups, as well as with the whole class at once. Please ask if you have questions!

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This is an interactive partner or small group activity that will have students up and moving throughout the room in order to answer 15 questions about poetic devices in 15 different modern and classic LOVE POEMS!

The product contains 15 multiple questions that have 4 answer choices. You will hang these signs around your classroom. Based on their answer, the students will be directed to another question. If the students make a mistake, they have to retrace their footsteps and find the question(s) they answered incorrectly. Each group/ pair will start at a different question, and the kids will "follow the trail" of questions throughout your room.

Poetic devices and techniques that are analyzed in the questions include: tone, figurative language, diction, syntax, rhyme, characterization, gist, author's purpose, paradox, enjambment, repetition, and anaphora.

Questions are asked about excerpts from the following poems:

Sara Teasdale's "I Am Not Yours"

Shakespeare's Sonnet 116

Shakespeare's Sonnet 130

Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Love's Philosophy"

Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty"

Sonia Sanchez's Haiku [for you]”

Nikki Giovanni's "Love Is"

Robert Burns' "A Red, Red Rose"

E.E. Cummings' "[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]"

Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee"

Pablo Neruda's “Don’t Go Far Off, Not Even For A Day”

Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband"

Judith Viorst's "True Love"

Luís Vaz De Camões' “Love is a fire that burns unseen”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”

Also included is an answer sheet for students to record their answers as well as an answer key for the teacher.

Please view the attached video that explains how to use my line of Question Trails for Literary Analysis!

This Google doc helps students analyze Margaret Atwood's narrative poem "The Hangman's Wife". You can print the doc or have students complete it digitally.

I've included the full text of the piece on the left side of the doc and chunked it to correspond to 17 analysis questions on the right. Students will answer questions on symbolism, point of view, narrative voice, imagery, direct address, use of rhetorical questions, figurative language, characterization, syntax, word choice, and themes of power and gender. An answer key is included for your convenience.

You can use this piece in conjunction with The Handmaid's Tale, Alias Grace, or any of Atwood's other masterpieces. It would fit in well with a narrative poetry unit as well. Thank you for looking!