A collection of poems for middle-school and high-school students, in a learning journal format.
 
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Learning activities include researching the author and related poetry, vocabulary, poetic devices, writing original poetry, and coloring pages for students who enjoy time to reflect on and absorb as they learn.
 
This book is designed as an introduction to classical poetry for middle school and high school students. For those who haven't shown an interest in poetry, this book could open a whole new world!

" Excellent selection of 22 poems for middle-high school level work. It teaches about imagery, metaphors, simile, stanzas, symbolism, rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, figurative language, parallelism, personification, and repetition. It includes author study and copy work. It is packed full of learning with a fun, gentle approach. Even my poetry detesting boys enjoy this book! " Mrs. K. Turner
 
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By Georgia Janisse, Heather Evans & Cover by Sarah Janisse Brown
 
Thinking Tree Learning Levels:
A1 = Pre Reader (Pre-K) ages 2-5
A2 = Beginning Readers (K-1st) ages 6-7
B1 = Early Elementary (2nd-3rd) ages 8-9
B2 = Upper Elementary (4th-6th) ages 10-11
C1 = Junior High (7th-8th) ages 12-14
C2 = High school + (9th-adult) ages 13+
 
Many Thinking Tree Journals span a wide variety of ages because the students use books at his/her reading level. For example, some journals may say for ages 7-17 because you customize it and meet the student where he’s at.
 
Reproducible for Family Use Only.