Poetry
Poetry Unit Map |
Poetry Notes |
"The Road Not Taken" sample response |
Teaching a Poem Project |
Write your own hyperbole |
Write your own simile or metaphor |
Writing a Mock Epic or Ballad |
Use quizlet to practice your poetry terms and vocabulary!
Narrative Poetry
"Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer |
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert W. Service |
"Gertrude McFuzz" by Dr. Seuss |
"The Highwayman" |
"Horton Hatches the Egg" by Dr. Seuss |
"The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss |
The Odyssey Siren Excerpt (poetry translation) |
The Odyssey Siren Excerpt (prose translation) |
"The Sneetches" by Dr. Seuss |
"Yertle the Turtle" by Dr. Seuss |
Lyric Poetry
"Abuelito Who" by Sandra Cisneros |
"Arithmetic" by Carl Sandburg |
"Dreams" and "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes |
"Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owens |
"The History Teacher" by Billy Collins |
More Poems by Langston Hughes |
"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes |
"The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe |
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost |
"The Sandman" by Geof Hewitt |
"Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout" by Shel Silverstein |
"Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood |
"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks |