Poetry Teaching Resources
An extensive collection of poetry resources to use in your primary classroom. Use one of the comprehensive poetry units to guide your students from the learning of the poetry concepts through to their completed piece of text. Also included is beautifully designed posters that provide definitions and examples for the different types of poems and the main language features found in them. Use the Element of Poetry Workbook to consolidate students understanding of the concepts. Worksheets are also provided for diamante, autobiographical, colour, ballad, ode, haiku, shape, simile, limerick, cinquain and acrostic poems. Use the poetry PowerPoint teaching presentations and posters as visual aids for students throughout their work on poetry.
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A Fistful of Flavours Alliteration Activity
An activity to use in the classroom when learning about alliteration.
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Figurative Language Poster Pack
A poster pack containing 8 different types of figurative language.
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Poetic Devices PowerPoint
A 23 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when introducing students to poetic devices.
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'Poetry Journal' Book Cover
A cover page or book cover to be used on your students' poetry books.
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Types of Poetry Posters
A set of 9 posters examining different styles of poetry.
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Back to School Today! Poem
Ease back-to-school jitters and launch your pupils into a love of poetry with a short poem written just for the first day of school!
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Elements of Poetry Workbook
A workbook to help students explore common elements of poetry.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Figurative Language
A worksheet to help students understand figurative language in poetry.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Sound Devices
A worksheet to help students understand sound devices in poetry.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Structure, Rhyme and Rhythm
A worksheet to help students understand structure, rhyme and rhythm in poetry.
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The Poet's Lament - Comprehension
A comprehension activity using a poem.
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Resilience Acrostic Poem Worksheet
A 3 page worksheet for students to use when learning how to write an acrostic poem about resilience.
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Sound Devices PowerPoint
An editable PowerPoint to use when teaching sound devices to your students.
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Poetry Resource Folder Cover and Dividers
Use this collection of templates to organise your classroom poetry resources folder.
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Poetry Word Wall
A set of 30 vocabulary words related to poetry.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organiser
A graphic organiser for students to use when categorising sensory details.
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Writing a Diamante Poem Worksheet
A 2 page worksheet for students to use when learning how to write a diamante poem.
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Earth Day Acrostic Poem - Template
An acrostic poem template to use in the classroom to celebrate Earth Day.
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The Park - Comprehension
A comprehension activity using poetry.
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Poetry Comprehension Worksheet
A generic poetry comprehension worksheet.
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The Park (Poem) - Sequencing Activity
A sequencing activity using poetry.
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Thoughts in Verse: A Collection of Poems for Children
A beautifully designed collection of poems, written especially for children.
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'I take it you already know' - Poster
A poster displaying 'I take it you already know', a poem describing the difficulties in the English language.
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In My Eyes (Poem) - Comprehension
A comprehension activity using poetry.