FREE Poetry Worksheets and Printables
Published:
September 17, 2019
Contributor:
Sarah Shelton
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I have been a fan of poetry since I was a little girl. I always loved reading poetry books and listening to poetry being read aloud. This carried on as I got older. When I was in highschool in the 90s, I used to visit coffee shops to listen to their poetry reading nights. I even participated in a few! I know, now I am aging myself!
As a mother, I enjoy immersing my children in poetry. We read lots of poetry in our homeschool, my children read them outloud to me, and I to them. I have lots of poetry books laying all over the house. We have a lot of fun picking poems to memorize and recite aloud in our homeschool. Poetry is one of those enrichment type of studies that you don’t need a full curriculum for. I love finding different styles of poetry, or a specific poet and creating my own unit study with books and free printables.
If you are wanting to incorporate some poetry in your homeschool you will enjoy these huge list of freebies I have gathered up! There is such a wide variety to pick and choose from, so you can get as creative as you would like with it. You can pick a specific style and work on reading that style and having your children try writing that style of poem. Or you can pick a specific poet and study his or her works for a few weeks at a time.
FREE Poetry Worksheets and Printables:
Printable Inspirational Poetry Writing Prompts for Middle School and High School
A Year of Poetry Tea Time Themes for Your Homeschool Co-op
Poetry Activities for Upper Elementary with free printable – Teaching with Jennifer Findly
Poem in Your Pocket Printable – A Classroom for All Seasons
Cinquain Poems Freebie – Classroom Tested Resources
Acrostic Poetry Worksheet – The Teachers Guide
Poetry Tea Time Planner – Rock Your Homeschool
Christina Rossetti Poems to Color – Amys Wandering
Tea Time with Emily Dickinson – Homeschool Share
Poetry Power Printables (types of poetry and planners) – The Teachers Corner
How to Write an Ode Poetry Lesson – Crafting Connections
Ralph Waldo Emerson Poetry Worksheets – 123 Homeschool 4 Me
FREE poetry style lessons from Writing With Sharon Watson:
You may also enjoy these specific themed poetry studies:
Alfred Lord Tennyson 9 Week Poetry Unit Study
Emily Dickinson 9 Week Unit Study
Spring Poetry Study Printables and Ideas
Shel Silverstein Poetry Study with free printables
Worksheets and Notebooking Units for Teaching Poetry
These are all FREE and combined together with other printables and unit studies, they could create a pretty amazing poetry binder!
How to Teach Poetry in Your Homeschool with FREE Poetry Printable Pack – samples and templates for 5 types of poems
Poetry Analysis Printable Pack to Study ANY Poem – this pack has a poetry analysis form, pages for illustrating the poem and a printable on imagery. This can be used to analyze any poem.
Poetry Terminology Copywork Notebook – This 23 page notebooking pack will have your students learn 20 key poetry terms and their definitions while practicing their print handwriting skills. This is an instant download.
My favorite way to “teach” poetry in our homeschool is by reading different poems from a wide variety of poets. We usually do this in the morning, at breakfast, or around the table at lunch time.
Sarah Shelton
Sarah is a wife, daughter of the King and Mama to 4 children (two homeschool graduates) She is a an eclectic, Charlotte Mason style homeschooler that has been homeschooling for over 20 years.. She is still trying to find the balance between work and keeping a home and gardens. She can only do it by the Grace of God, coffee and green juice
