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Introduction to Poetry Writing

Lesson 2: Writing Poetry Quatrains

Lesson 2: Writing Poetry Quatrains

In this lesson, students learn about different rhyme patterns in a 4-line poem or a poem with multiple 4-line stanzas. They write some 4-line poems.

Lesson 4: Writing Poetry without Rhyme or Rhythm

Lesson 4: Writing Poetry without Rhyme or Rhythm

In this lesson, students learn about alliteration and colorful words in poetry. Students are introduced to poetry that doesn't have a strong rhythm or rhyme scheme. Students write a poem about an animal or insect using colorful...

Lesson 1: Writing Poetry Couplets

Lesson 1: Writing Poetry Couplets

In this lesson, students are introduced to writing poetry by writing two line rhymes.

Lesson 3: Writing Poetry Counting Syllables

Lesson 3: Writing Poetry Counting Syllables

In this lesson, students learn to count the number of syllables in a line of peotry. They learn that a number pattern of syllables in a stanza causes rhythm. Students write a two-line rhyme with each line having the same number...

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