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Going batty: Part II: Students will apply the knowledge they've gained about bats to create bat poetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By DPI Integration Strategies.

Figurative language: Metaphor: This lesson is a part of a unit on poetry and figurative language. It is designed to teach students the characteristics of metaphor within the context of poetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts); By Nancy Meyers.

Story tellers and poets: Students will examine the style, purpose, and organization of folktales and poetry in order to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of both genres. With this knowledge, students will use the word choice and repetition of traditional folktales to transform them into modern poetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts); By Heather Bower and Michele Hicks.

What is poetry?: This lesson introduces students to the poetic process. They will be able to connect poetry to life in a meaningful way become more careful readers of poetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Mary Lou Faircloth.

Positively poetry: Part 6: Students will be learning about and writing limericks. Since limericks follow a strict rhyming pattern and word count, the students will work in partners to create their own limericks.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Maribeth Warren, Pam Purifoy, and Tracy Dagenhart.

Singing the "Song of Life": This lesson requires students to use their reading, comprehension, and analysis skills to analyze a poem and respond creatively to the selection.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); By Angela Taylor.

Creating found poetry from picture books: Students select and read a picture book and afterwards create “found poetry” based on the picture book.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Barbara Groome and Jo Peterson Gibbs.

Introducing simple machines: A machine walk: This is an integrated lesson exploring simple machines. The poetry response part of this lesson serves to spark the students' interest as well as allow the teacher to identify students' prior knowledge of machine concepts and vocabulary. The machine walk gives a baseline assessment of students' understanding. The majority of students originally focus on complex machines; this will be evident by the types of machines they identify on their list.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By Terri Fannin.

Slipsliding poetry: Students will work with a partner to write an original piece of poetry to express information learned about the rain forest and an animal that lives in that habitat. Students will share their poems by creating a multimedia slide show.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Science); By Angela Hodges.

Poetry through music: "Smooth": This lesson draws students into a study of poetry, using Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas' "Smooth" as an entry point.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Andrea Belletti.

Cause and effect: Students will identify and interpret cause and effect as expressed in poetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); By Rochelle Mullis.

Visualizations: Black poet, Langston Hughes: Third grade or fourth grade students will have an opportunity to read and appreciate selected poetry of the African-American poet, Langston Hughes.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Floanna Long.

Maya Angelou: Study and response to "Still I Rise": Students read biographical information on Maya Angelou and her poem, "Still I Rise." Students identify support and elaboration in poem, then respond by either writing a letter to the author or his/her own poem in response.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Barbara Groome and Jo Peterson Gibbs.

Native American poetry workshop: This week-long set of lessons uses four different center activities to help students respond to poetry written by American Indians. This lesson plan was written with ESL (English as a second language) students in mind, so there are many opportunities to practice vocabulary, discuss and talk with others, and model expectations.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Liz Mahon.

Diamante poetry using environments: Day two: This lesson will introduce and reinforce learners' understanding of habitat components within an environment. This lesson was designed to be used after the lesson "Animal environments: Day one."; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Science); By Cheri Cole.

Spring cinquain poems: Students will review parts of speech by learning what a cinquain poem is and then writing and typing a Spring cinquain.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By Jennifer Williams.

A renaissance of jazz and poetry: The Harlem Renaissance was the birth of a creative plethora in all fields of art for African Americans. The poetry and jazz composed during or inspired by this era naturally complemented each other. Furthermore, many of the themes from the musical and literary worlds are universal and provide a great lesson on how two different works can have a parallel theme.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Arts and Music Education); By Janet Fore.

Seeing two poems: This lesson will teach students how to actively read a poem and identify poetic devices.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); By Karyn A. Gloden.

Pattern writing using nouns and adjectives: In this lesson plan, students will think and write creatively using nouns and adjectives. They will experience all phases of the writing process.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts); By Susan S. Craver.

Career research and acrostic poetry: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.6; In this lesson for grade 6, each student will research a chosen career and will use the information to create an acrostic poem.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance); By Holly Grout, Deborah Smith, and Natalie Summers.Adapted by Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.

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