Poetry Lesson Plans for Teachers

• Alliteration and Assonance Lesson Plan

• Onomatopoeia Poetry Lesson Plan

• Personification Poetry Lesson Plan

• Rhyme Schemes Lesson Plan

• Simile and Metaphor Lesson Plan

Video Poetry Lessons

• Awesome Acrostics – A video poetry writing lesson

• How to Rhyme – A video poetry writing lesson

Poetry Dictionaries and Rhyming Words Lists

When reading these lessons, you may come across some unfamiliar words. If you see a poetic term and don’t know what it means, you can always look it up in the Poetic Terms Dictionary. Poetry4kids also has a rhyming dictionary and a list of rhyming words you can use to help you write poems.

• Poetic Terms Dictionary for Kids

• Rhyming Dictionary for Kids

• Rhyming Words Lists

Other Useful Poetry-Writing Lessons

There are loads of websites on the Internet that offer helpful lessons for children on how to write poems. Here are a few you may find useful:

• Writing Rhyme and Meter

• How to Teach Poetry Writing in Four Easy Lessons

• Poetry Worksheets and Printables