Bring poetry writing alive for your students with interactive modeling, a student publishing center, lesson plans for each part of the writing process, and a forum for sharing ideas with other educators.


Help students focus on key writing skills with these interactive and printable exercises developed with examples from student writing and classic literature.

Student Author Meredith Weber, 17
Model the effective use of imagery with an interactive exploration of her award winning poem"From Where My Mother Sat". Enter the Interactive Class Get the lesson plan.			Help your students craft well-controlled metaphors with an exercise by U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. Read this exercise Additional Exercises: Sylvia Plath Exercise (PDF) Sylvia Plath Lesson (PDF)

Middle school teachers: Read these step-by-step lesson plans to help you guide your students through the poetry writing process. • Brainstorm • Draft • Review • Revise • Polish • Publish High school teachers: Read "Teaching Poetry Through Rap," a guest teacher lesson by Philip Clark.

• Publish student writing online • Help students to exchange feedback with their peers • See a showcase of student work • Find information on Scholastic’s Art & Writing Awards

	Discover these resources from Scholastic’s magazine for college-bound students. • Break the Ode Code with John Keats (PDF) • Frost and Snow with Robert Frost (PDF) • Understanding Genre: Poetry on Poetry (PDF) See the Complete Lesson Archive See New Articles and Lessons