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Hello!
My teaching experience includes teaching students at the Primary and the Middle school levels. I find each teaching experience so unique and a scaffold for further teaching and learning.
As learning is eclectic, I focus on creating resources that are not just practical and meaningful but also fun.
So connect with me to motivate, inspire, and empower.
Laurane @teach2tell.com
Use this bundle of activities to teach your students about popular poem types and poetry elements this National Poetry Month.
This bundle includes a variety of engaging activities designed to explore different poem types and fundamental poetry elements.
Items Included
1. 15 Types of Poems
This print and digital poetry writing resource will help scaffold the writing of 15 poem types.
15 sample poem types in print black and white version
15 sample poem types in digital color/colour version: format PowerPoint file & Google Slides (link included)
Writing sheets with images and lines to scaffold poem writing
Teacher Marking Rubric (grades)
Performance Rubric (no grades)
Student Self-Reflection
Center/Centre Checklist
Poem Table of Contents
Anthology Cover Sheet
You can upload the digital PowerPoint file to your LMS.
The 15 Poem Types featured are:
A Simile Poem ‘About Me’
‘I Am’ Poem
‘With My Senses’ Poem
5 W’s Poem
Bio Poem ‘About Me’
Haiku
Cinquain
Antonym Diamante
‘I Don’t Understand’ Poem
‘Just Because’ Poem
Limerick
Concrete Poem
Creature Alliteration Poem
Acrostic Poem
Parts of Speech Poem
2. 12 Elements of Poetry
Dive into the world of verse with this comprehensive resource designed to teach 12 essential elements of poetry. With printable response sheets, interactive task cards with QR codes, and visually appealing posters featuring explanations of the poetic devices and sample poems, this resource promises to engage and inspire your students in their poetic pursuits.
The 12 elements of poetry featured are:
Alliteration
Analogy
Assonance
Consonance
Hyperbole
Idiom
Imagery
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Simile
Symbolism
Interactive Notebook Foldables, Posters, Anchor Charts
Interactive notebook templates for 15 poem types. Color photographs of assembly instructions included,
Colored and blackline posters/anchor charts for 15 poem types.
Student Center Checklist
Student self-reflection
sheet
Teacher Marking Rubric
Performance Rubric
27 Types of Poems Posters
1 pdf file featuring 28 posters (8.5 x 11 inches, landscape orientation)
28 high-resolution (300 dpi) JPGs
The Types of Poems featured in these posters are:
Acrostic
Ballad
Bio Poem
Cinquain
Clerihew
Concrete Poem
Couplet
Diamante
Elegy
Epic
Epigram x 2
Five Senses
Free Verse
Haiku
Limerick
Lyric Poem
Narrative Poem
Octave
Ode
Palindrome Poem
Pastoral Poem
Quatrain
Riddle Poem
Sestet
Sonnet
Tanka
Tercet
Tired of reading “One day…” or “Once upon a time…” in every student story? These Story Openings Narrative Writing 15 Sizzling Starts Strong Leads posters are here to save the day! Packed with bold, engaging examples, this set will help your students craft story beginnings that hook readers and leave them wanting more.
Each of the 15 posters highlights a different sizzling start technique, like jumping straight into action, opening with snappy dialogue, or dropping a mysterious question. Say goodbye to boring leads and hello to stories that grab attention from the very first line.
What’s Inside:
15 fun and vibrant posters featuring sizzling starts and strong narrative leads.
Techniques include emotional hooks, cliffhangers, vivid descriptions, and more!
Two sizes included: 8.5x11 (US Letter) and A4 PDFs, perfect for every classroom.
Why You’ll Love These Posters:
Make teaching story openings fun, relatable, and easy.
Inspire students to write leads that WOW their readers.
Perfect for classroom walls, writing centers, or mini-lessons.
Why Your Students Will Love Them:
They’ll feel confident writing engaging story beginnings.
The examples will spark their creativity and banish writer’s block.
Writing lessons will go from “meh” to “Let’s do this!”
With these Story Openings Narrative Writing 15 Sizzling Starts Strong Leads posters, you’ll turn your students into storytelling champs.
