Poems for middle school

This sweet & classic compilation of poems for middle school will give your poetry unit the extra pizzaz you've been looking for!

Celebrate Poetry Month with these fun and exciting poetry activity ideas for middle school students. Click through to read this blog post, where you will find some poetry teaching tricks, exciting and engaging poems for your middle school students, and suggestions on how to make poetry exciting in your middle school classroom. #middleschoolpoetry

Middle school poetry that is perfect for every classroom. This post explains how to choose the best poems and includes10 poems that fit the criteria.

POEMS? That 5-letter word will send shivers down the spines of middle school students. Add in the suggestion of "poetry analysis," and the moans and groans can be heard throughout the hallways! If all this sounds familiar, I have a few teacher tips to help you boost engagement with poems that middle schoolers actually enjoy!

Imagine looking through your old yearbooks watching yourself grow up through elementary and middle school. Watch as an era ends.

The British playwright W. Somerset Maugham once said “the crown of literature is poetry.” For the English teachers out there who have spent a good part of the year teaching complex novels, grammar rules and how to write a constructed response, this probably rings true! Teaching poetry can be such a treat. It’s fun to have the students interpret ever-deeper meanings from even the shortest of stanzas. And it’s satisfying to find just the right poem to complement the theme or unit you’re…

Here's a sample of a page from the book. It features the poem, "Fear Factor" by Sara Holbrook, which is slated for 7th Grade, Week 33, highlighting personification.

Build your students' confidence by using these middle school poems to model growth mindset, courage, and believing in yourself.

This list of invigorating science poems for students is perfect for the elementary, middle, or high school classroom or remote learning.