POETRY: A Creative Writing Unit Plan

Everything you need to teach your students how to understand, discuss, and write poems. Road-tested and student-beloved! Everything in this comprehensive, 7-week unit plan is ready-to-roll. All resources inside are written in student-friendly language. Written by a teacher with an MFA in Creative Writing.

Students have loved this unit in the past! It makes room for them to be creative, it helps them get over any fear of poetry, and I find that these lessons get my students to write poems they’re proud of.

This purchase includes:
-A unit plan doc with daily lesson plans (and essential questions, CCSS, and all daily materials conveniently linked in document)

• A ready-to-print poetry packet containing 15 poems by contemporary and classic poets
  -Instructions for 4 assignments written in clear, student-friendly language:
  Poem #1: Elegy or Ode
  Poem #2: Sonnet or Sestina
  Poem #3: Found Poem or Erasure Poem
  Poem #4: Poem Inspired by Another Poem or Poem Inspired by an Image
• Detailed, original poem rubric
• Poetry analysis graphic organizer
• Handout on how to workshop poetry
• Handout on Prose Poetry vs. Microfiction
• Resources for collaborative creative writing game

What my customers are saying:

• “This is a great unit and it has served me well with my students… it took a load of work off my shoulders in preparing for this unit. Thank you so much for putting this together.”
• “Good presentation of material and I love the detail included in each lesson… I felt prepared to answer questions about the history because of the complexity of the docs and slides provided.”
• “What’s not to love?.. The kids could follow with this resource, no problem.”