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Poetry Lesson Plans 
If you want students to be strong readers and writers, teach them poetry. It may be a small thing, but poetry has gigantic power.   Few things will inspire their imaginations more, and its playfulness appeals to all ages.

Make poetry the first order of every day, and you will unleash a power that energizes your kids, transforms your class, and captivates your entire school. These lesson plans are for everyone who wants to discover and develop their own unique poetic voice.  We may not all be poets, but everyone has poetry!


Poetry Packs Punch
Poetry packs a punch
Without ever raising it's hand.
It'll jack you up,
Knock you down,
And bury you where you stand.
Poetry packs a punch
The strongest can't withstand.

Forget all you've heard
About power and strength.
Poetry's power
Isn't measured in length.
It's not height, not heft, not hulk.
It's almost made of nothing,
Yet somehow full of bulk.

Poetry packs a punch
But you'll never get a black eye.
Then again - 
I wouldn't turn my head:
Poetry is full of surprise.


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Select a lesson and start playing the game of poetry!

1. Playing the Game of Poetry
2. Writing With Music
3. Writing With Character
4. Editing Your Poem