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Poetry worksheets for Grade 6 are an excellent resource for teachers looking to enhance their students' reading and writing skills. These worksheets provide a variety of engaging activities that focus on different aspects of poetry, such as rhyme, rhythm, and figurative language. By incorporating these worksheets into their lesson plans, teachers can help their students develop a deeper understanding of poetry and its various elements. Additionally, these worksheets can be used to support the teaching of other language arts subjects, such as fiction writing. By exposing students to different forms of creative expression, teachers can foster a love for literature and encourage their students to become well-rounded readers and writers.

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This is the poetry worksheets section. Poetry is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. It consists largely of oral or literary works in which language is used in a manner that is felt by its user and audience to differ from ordinary prose. Many students enjoy reading and writing poetry. The rhyme and imagery that is in poetry makes it fun and interesting. There are many famous poets who write on how people feel and think. There are many different types of poems in the English language. Poetry is fun to read, write and listen to. Our poetry worksheets address a variety of grade levels.

Here is a graphic preview for all of the poetry worksheets. Our poetry worksheets are free to download and easy to access in PDF format. Use these poetry worksheets in school or at home.

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Curriculum  /  ELA  /  6th Grade  /  Unit 11: Poetry (2020)  /  Lesson 1

Poetry (2020)

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Target task, key questions.

Differentiate between prose and verse. 

Explain the purpose of verse form according to the article.

Explain how the visual and aural depiction of the poem enhances or detracts from the meaning.

Poem:  “Tamara's Opus” by Joshua Bennett 

Video:  “Joshua Bennett Performs at the White House Poetry Jam”  

Article:  “What Is a Poem?” by Debbie McCarson 

Poem:  “A Poem is a Little Path” by Charles Ghigna 

Poem:  “Invitation” by Shel Silverstein 

Poem:  “A Poem is a Busy Bee” by Charles Ghigna 

Poem:  “I, Too” by Langston Hughes 

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Based on the article, poetry provides all of the following for readers EXCEPT:

What do the poems “A Poem Is a Little Path” and “The Bee Poem” offer the reader that the article “What Is a Poem?” does not? 

Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding

Read “Tamara’s Opus” first and then watch the video of Joshua Bennett performing the poem.

  • Why do you think Joshua Bennett chose to write his feelings about his sister in poetry rather than prose?
  • How does the video enhance or detract from the meaning of the poem?

Read “A Poem Is a Little Path” and the article, “What Is a Poem?”

  • What is similar about the two texts? How are the two texts structured/organized differently? 
  • Which one do you find to be more appealing? Explain why.
  • Which of the two taught you more about poetry? Explain using details from the text. 

Read “The Bee Poem.”

  • How many lines are in the poem? 
  • How many stanzas?
  • What does the poem suggest about poetry? 

Read “Invitation.”

  • What does the speaker encourage the reader to do? 

Read “I, Too.”

  • How does the speaker feel in this poem? How do you know?

Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text

poetry prose verse stanza line 

Suggestions for teachers to help them teach this lesson

  • This lesson connects to two essential questions.
  • In this lesson, you should clarify your expectations around reading poetry. How should your students read a poem? How many times? What should they look for? 
  • Why does the poet use rhyme here? 
  • Why does the poet compare dreaming to a “broken winged bird”?
  • Why does the poet capitalize “Rage”?
  • After students get all their questions out, they can begin to start answering them. 

Common Core Standards

Reading standards for informational text.

RI.6.6 — Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.

Reading Standards for Literature

RL.6.7 — Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they "see" and "hear" when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.

RL.6.9 — Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.

  • “Tamara's Opus”
  • “Bennett video”
  • “What Is...”
  • “A Poem is...”
  • “Invitation”
  • “I, Too”

RI.6.6 RL.6.7 RL.6.9

  • “At the Library”

Differentiate between verse and free verse. 

Explain the purpose of rhyme scheme in a poem.

RL.6.4 RL.6.5

  • “A Simile...”
  • “What is the Sun?”
  • “Love That...”
  • “When Great...”

Explain the difference between metaphor and simile. 

Explain the literal meanings of similes and metaphors.

  • “The Walrus...”
  • “Walrus video”
  • “Rocking”
  • “The Drought”

Identify and interpret the literal meaning of personification in a poem.

Explain how personification affects the mood in a poem. 

Explain how the visual and aural depiction of the poem enchances or detracts from the meaning.

RL.6.4 RL.6.7

  • “The Dawn's Awake!”
  • “Waiting”
  • “Song To Woody”
  • “Song to Woody”

Identify and analyze the metaphors, similes, and personification in a poem. 

Interpret the poem "The Dawn's Awake" beyond its literal meaning in the context of the Harlem Renaissance.

  • “I Ate a Spicy Pepper”
  • “Sick”

Identify and explain the purpose of hyperbole in a poem. 

Explain how hyperbole affects the tone of a poem. 

  • “Cynthia in...”
  • “Lyrics 1”
  • “Cat's In...”
  • “Lyrics 2”
  • “Circle Game”

Identify and explain the purpose of sound devices (onomatopoeia and alliteration) in poetry. 

Explain how the aural depiction of the poem enhances or detracts from the mood.

  • “A Red Palm”
  • “Oranges”
  • “Wild Geese”

Identify and explain the purpose of imagery in a poem. 

Explain how imagery affects the tone of a poem. 

  • ““Hope” is the thing with feathers”
  • “Caged Bird”

Identify and explain the theme in the poem. 

  • “You Learn”
  • “Jorge Luis Borges”
  • “Instants”
  • “Moments”

Identify and explain how the poet develops the theme.

  • “Phenomenal Woman”
  • “Alone”
  • “Do not go...”

Explain how the poet uses repetition to convey the theme.

Explain how repetition enhances the speaker’s tone in the poem. 

  • “The Bean...”
  • “Mother...”
  • “We Real Cool”
  • “The Life of Lincoln West”

Identify the narrative point of view of the poem.

  • “Paul Revere’s Ride”
  • “Harriet Tubman”
  • “Frederick Douglass”
  • “O Captain! My Captain!”

Explain how the narrative point of view affects the theme of heroization in the poem. 

RL.6.2 RL.6.6

  • “I Sing the Battle”
  • “Let America...”

Analyze the effect of contrast in a poem.

Explain how Kemp and Hughes develop themes in their poems.

  • “When Ure Hero Falls”
  • “Rock Me to Sleep”

Compare and contrast how poets develop tone in poetry.

Write a poem about a hero that uses a specific point of view, figurative language, and imagery to convey a clear tone and theme.

W.6.3 W.6.3.a W.6.3.d

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While many students moan over the study of poetry, few realize they listen to it often in the form of music lyrics. Poetry is rhythmic composition that uses imagery and rhythm to express feelings or thoughts. Poems don’t have to rhyme, although many do. Instead, the rhythm of the text is what distinguishes it from prose. The poetry worksheets below are free for you to use in a classroom or at home. The details are viewable by clicking the title.

Acrostic Poetry Worksheet Activity: Write It!

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Poetry Vocabulary Match

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Poetry: Foot and Line Flash Cards

Poetry: Foot and Line Flash Cards

In this activity, students will match the words with their meanings using flash cards.

Poetry: Stressed and Unstressed Syllables

Poetry: Stressed and Unstressed Syllables

Students write the stressed and unstressed symbols above the words listed. In the section exercise, students write the stressed and unstressed symbols above the words from the first lines of common nursery rhymes.

Rhyme Schemes: Frost and Millay

Rhyme Schemes: Frost and Millay

The rhyme scheme of a poem is determined by giving the last word or words a letter. In this activity, students write the rhyme scheme for each poem.

Irony in Poetry

Irony in Poetry

Two poetry passages from classic literature are the focus of this irony worksheet.

Poetry and Poets: Robert Frost

Poetry and Poets: Robert Frost

Frost wrote vibrant poetry about nature and the rural life. Below is one of his poems from a collection published in 1916. Students read it carefully and answer the questions.

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Antigonish [i met a man who wasn't there].

Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish, I wish he'd go away...

When I came home last night at three The man was waiting there for me But when I looked around the hall I couldn't see him there at all! Go away, go away, don't you come back any more! Go away, go away, and please don't slam the door... (slam!)

Last night I saw upon the stair A little man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today Oh, how I wish he'd go away...

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Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face

Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place, for if it were where it is not, you might dislike your nose a lot.

Imagine if your precious nose were sandwiched in between your toes, that clearly would not be a treat, for you’d be forced to smell your feet.

Your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop your head, it soon would drive you to despair, forever tickled by your hair.

Within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe, for when you were obliged to sneeze, your brain would rattle from the breeze.

Your nose, instead, through thick and thin, remains between your eyes and chin, not pasted on some other place— be glad your nose is on your face!

From The New Kid on the Block , published by Greenwillow, 1984. Used with permission.

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White sheep, white sheep, On a blue hill, When the wind stops, You all stand still. When the wind blows, You walk away slow. White sheep, white sheep, Where do you go?

Eletelephony

Once there was an elephant, Who tried to use the telephant— No! No! I mean an elephone Who tried to use the telephone— (Dear me! I am not certain quite That even now I’ve got it right.) Howe’er it was, he got his trunk Entangled in the telephunk; The more he tried to get it free, The louder buzzed the telephee— (I fear I’d better drop the song Of elephop and telephong!)

Jabberwocky

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves    Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves,    And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son    The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun    The frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand;    Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree,    And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,    The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,    And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through    The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head    He went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?    Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”    He chortled in his joy.

Mother Doesn't Want a Dog

Mother doesn't want a dog. Mother says they smell, And never sit when you say sit, Or even when you yell. And when you come home late at night And there is ice and snow, You have to go back out because The dumb dog has to go.

Mother doesn't want a dog. Mother says they shed, And always let the strangers in And bark at friends instead, And do disgraceful things on rugs, And track mud on the floor, And flop upon your bed at night And snore their doggy snore.

Mother doesn't want a dog. She's making a mistake. Because, more than a dog, I think She will not want this snake.

From If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries . . . , published by Macmillan, 1981. Used with permission.

"I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I'm going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big as rocks, I've counted sixteen chicken pox And there's one more—that's seventeen, And don't you think my face looks green? My leg is cut—my eyes are blue— It might be instamatic flu. I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke, I'm sure that my left leg is broke— My hip hurts when I move my chin, My belly button's caving in, My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained, My 'pendix pains each time it rains. My nose is cold, my toes are numb. I have a sliver in my thumb. My neck is stiff, my voice is weak, I hardly whisper when I speak. My tongue is filling up my mouth, I think my hair is falling out. My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight, My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear. I have a hangnail, and my heart is—what? What's that? What's that you say? You say today is. . .Saturday? G'bye, I'm going out to play!"

From Shel Silverstein: Poems and Drawings ; originally appeared in Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. Copyright © 2003 by HarperCollins Children's Books . Reprinted by permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.

Since Hanna Moved Away

The tires on my bike are flat. The sky is grouchy gray. At least it sure feels like that Since Hanna moved away.

Chocolate ice cream tastes like prunes. December's come to stay. They've taken back the Mays and Junes Since Hanna moved away.

Flowers smell like halibut. Velvet feels like hay. Every handsome dog's a mutt Since Hanna moved away.

Nothing's fun to laugh about. Nothing's fun to play. They call me, but I won't come out Since Hanna moved away.

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.

Mr. Grumpledump’s Song

Everything’s wrong, Days are too long, Sunshine’s too hot, Wind is too strong. Clouds are too fluffy, Grass is too green, Ground is too dusty, Sheets are too clean. Stars are too twinkly, Moon is too high, Water’s too drippy, Sand is too dry. Rocks are too heavy, Feathers too light, Kids are too noisy, Shoes are too tight. Folks are too happy, Singin’ their songs. Why can’t they see it? Everything’s wrong!

From Where the Sidewalk Ends , thirtieth-anniversary special edition by Shel Silverstein. Copyright © 2004 by Shel Silverstein. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers . No part of this book may be used or reproduced without written permission from HarperCollins Publishers, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. All rights reserved.

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Poetry is a genre of writing that has a rhythm or fits within it . Poems are a sort of art that can make us experience feelings we weren't prepared to feel. Reading poetry aloud to students is a common way for them to get acquainted with it. After some time, they settle in and come to the realization that writing and creating poetry is just as much joy as reading it. On our site, you can find a huge selection of poetry worksheets .

Introduce several types of poetry to your children , as well as the l anguage, rhythm, and emotional expression that go into a poem. Include poetry to help students practice daily skills including vocabulary building, thesaurus and dictionary use, counting, comparing and contrasting, retaining knowledge, and memory. Short-answer questions about well-known poetry can be found in the following collection of activity papers. Using words and phrases from the poems themselves, your students must answer questions about particular characters and situations after reading each poem.

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    6th Grade Lesson 1 of 17 Objective Differentiate between prose and verse. Explain the purpose of verse form according to the article. Explain how the visual and aural depiction of the poem enhances or detracts from the meaning. Readings and Materials Poem: "Tamara's Opus" by Joshua Bennett

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  18. Free Collection of Poetry Worksheets for All Grades

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  20. Grade 6 Poetry Worksheets

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