Teaching Poetry Can Be Tough! We Can Help!

Teaching poetry in middle and high school is tough—and it’s ten times harder in elementary school. The texts are too hard, the poems are too boring, or the students don’t have the background knowledge to relate to the reading. Then, toss in figurative language, and you’ve got a mess!

Never fear… Teach Starter’s comprehensive poetry workbook is here! We’ve taken all the stress out of teaching poetry to your students with this comprehensive poetry workbook targeted specifically for primary-aged children. Our resident poet, Stephanie Mulrooney, has written these poems with the curriculum in mind, taking the legwork out of trying to find poems that meet your teaching objectives!

Kid-Friendly Figurative Language Poems

This workbook contains your entire poetry unit in an easy-to-use format that allows you to teach several different poems with kid-friendly vocabulary and topics. If that wasn’t fabulous enough, each poem also comes with an accompanying worksheet addressing key poetic devices such as structure, sound play, and imagery.

Poems and figurative language worksheets included in this download are:

• The Poet’s Lament – Structure, Rhythm, and Rhyme Worksheet
• The Thunderstorm – Sound Devices Worksheet
• One Rotation – Figurative Language Worksheet
• The Brave Babysitter and the Boys – Idioms Worksheet

This resource is the perfect way to get in all of those standards during National Poetry Month!

Download and Print Our Elements of Poetry Workbook

Use the dropdown arrow next to the Download button to choose between the Microsoft Word or PDF version of this resource. Color and black and white versions of this booklet are available.

Because this resource includes an answer sheet, we recommend you print one copy of the entire file. Then, make photocopies of the blank worksheets for students to complete.