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Experimenting with Poetry Writing
Start planning your National Poetry Month celebration with the following lesson plans and classroom-ready resources, all of which invite students to write their own poetry.

·         A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry (E)

·         Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season (E)

·         Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme (E)

·         Polishing Preposition Skills through Poetry and Publication (M)

·         Exploring Change through Allegory and Poetry (M)

·         The ABCs of Poetry (M-S)

·         Finding Poetry in Prose: Reading and Writing Love Poems (S)

·         Put That on the List: Collaboratively Writing a Catalog Poem (S)

·         Discovering Traditional Sonnet Forms (S)

·         "Found & Headline Poems," from Getting the Knack: 20 Poetry Writing Exercises (M-S-C)

·         "Sestinas and Villanelles from the Inner City" (C)

·         "Novices Encounter a Novice Literature: Introducing Digital Literature in a First-Year College Writing Class" (C)

For more ideas for teaching poetry, see the Poetry Teacher Resource Collection, which includes links to additional articles, lesson plans, and other resources.