Young Scholar’s Guide to Poetry

This course provides a close-up look at poets through the ages and provides the opportunity to interact with their work. By exploring a range of poetic techniques & devices, students will be able to both read and create poetry with understanding and meaning. The authors walk incrementally with young writers through the process of composing their own poetry and encourage their individual creativity.

Includes 32 weekly lessons covering biographies of famous poets and explanations of key poetic devices, easy-to-use timeline and maps, poet info-cards and game directions, poetic device cards, poetry puzzle cards, student reviews, answer keys, coloring pages, poetry reading and resource list, and more.

NOTE: In the back of the book is a code to download your free Companion Guide, which includes all the printables.