5 Spring Poetry Prompts, Grades 6-8

Suggested grades (Canada): 6-8; ELL, grades 7-9; ESL, intermediate.

This educational resource includes:

• examples of literary and poetic techniques (simile, acrostic, POV, conveying feelings, hard-working verbs)
• teacher guide with ideas and answers
• 2 bonus slides/pages for deeper poetic analysis, with usage notes
• PowerPoint, Google Slides, and printable PDF versions
• original poems by Kim T. Harrison

I hope you find this resource useful. If you have any comments or feedback on the resource, please let me know. I’d love to hear from you.

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