Poetry Analysis Bundle | Analyzing Poetry in ELA

I've bundled my top, best-selling poetry resources. You'll receive 6 unique poetry exercises - all including multiple choice + constructed response questions. I've also included an answer key for each product. 

When Purchased Individually, these products would total $10.75. When bundled, you'll pay only $8.00 - a 20% savings! 

When you purchase this time you will receive:

"Rite of Passage" by Sharon Olds

This is a quick and easy poetry practice where students read the poem, "Rite of Passage" by Sharon Olds. This could be used as a stand alone lesson plan, an EOC prep activity, or a simple and fast assessment after a unit on poetry. 

When you purchase this product, you will receive:

- Full text of poem with plenty of space to annotate

- 1.5 pages of critical thinking, open ended questions about the poem

- 7 multiple choice questions covering the following skills/standards: tone, theme, thematic support, context clues, perspective, dialogue, text structure

- Constructed Response question

- Guided Constructed Response and color coding activity to check for understanding

- Answer Key for all activities 

"Scars" by Peter Meinke

This is a quick and easy poetry practice where students read the poem, "Scars" by Peter Meinke. This could be used as a stand alone lesson plan, an EOC prep activity, or a simple and fast assessment after a unit on poetry. 

When you purchase this product, you will receive:

- Full text of poem with plenty of space to annotate

- 7 multiple choice questions covering the following skills/standards: tone, theme, thematic support, context clues, metaphors, similes, text structure

- Constructed Response question

- Guided Constructed Response and color coding activity to check for understanding

- Answer Key 

"Invictus" by William Ernest Henley

his is a quick and easy poetry practice where students read the poem, "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley. This could be used as a stand alone lesson plan, an EOC prep activity, or a simple and fast assessment after a unit on poetry. 

When you purchase this product, you will receive:

- Full text of poem with plenty of space to annotate

- 10 multiple choice questions covering the following skills/standards: tone, theme, thematic support, context clues, imagery, symbolism, literary devices, inference, and text structure.

- Constructed Response question

- Guided Constructed Response and color coding activity to check for understanding

- Answer Key 

"Haunting Memories" by Jacqueline C. Nash

I use this quick assessment to check for my students' understanding of poetry AND writing a constructed response. I've included the poem, "Haunting Memories" by Jacqueline C. Nash for students to practice their constructed response writing. 

When you purchase this product, you'll receive:

1. "Haunting Memories" with SOAPSTONE analysis + explanation

2. 3 simple analytical questions to get students thinking before writing

3. Fill in the blank constructed response

4. 3 other options for constructed responses

5. rubric for self-assessment, peer assessment, or teacher assessment 

"Hangman" by Maurice Ogden

This poem will work for any Holocaust Text! I also use these activities as EOC prep for my tenth graders. Students are prompted to think critically about poetry while exploring universal themes. A culminating activity provides students with excellent test prep! 

Includes:

- Full text of "The Hangman" by Maurice Ogden

- 4 Multiple choice questions + 1 constructed response

- Detailed critical thinking questions to break poem into "pieces"

- Graphic organizer

- Answer Key 

2 Poems of The Holocaust

Two poems + multiple choice questions + one constructed response question. Includes Answer Key! Great practice for English II EOC or can be used a supplementary activity for Holocaust Studies