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Read Works: "The New Colossus"

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Emma Lazarus about the Statue of Liberty. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "The Echoing Green"

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by William Blake about spring. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "City Autumn"

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Joseph Moncure March describing autumn in the city. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "Wild Goose"

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Curtis Heath describing the migration of a wild goose. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "The Road Not Taken"

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Robert Frost about the choosing the less popular path. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "Hope Is the Thing With Feathers"

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Emily Dickinson about having hope. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "The Sheaves"

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Edward Arlington Robinson about the coming of autumn. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "The Song of Wandering Aengus"

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by William Butler Yeats about meeting a magical girl. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "If You Were Coming in the Fall"

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Emily Dickinson about the uncertainty of time. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "The Railway Train"

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Emily Dickinson about a railroad train. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "Paul Revere's Ride"

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the ride of Paul Revere. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "Sonnet 73"

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A sonnet by William Shakespeare about love and the passage of time. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "Loveliest of Trees"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by A. E. Housman about cherry trees and the passage of time. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "Ozymandias"

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Percy Shelley about the ruins of a statue found in the desert. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "Song Vii"

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Rabindranath Tagore about writing a poem. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Emily Dickinson about death, time, and eternity. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: How to Write a Poem

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how to write a poem when you use this site. This site offers insight into how to write a simple form of a poem through interactive activities.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Thomas Gray's poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Glittering Noise

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with a poem called "The Glittering Noise" by Denise Levertov accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Learning to Read" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Learning to Read" by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Knock Knock" by Daniel Beaty

For Students 6th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Knock Knock" by Daniel Beaty, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Mother to Son

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Love and Friendship

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Love and Friendship" by Emily Bronte, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...