Poetry Writing Lesson, Grades 6-8: Revision Workshop

"It was a really, really dark night and it was so very dark outside." How few words can you keep and still have the dark night? In about 40 minutes, students learn four revision moves, cut, sharpen, retitle and re-end, and a three-part peer feedback routine, then revise a poem of their own.

What's inside

• 17 slides, with speaker notes on all 17
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Poem Page, 1 page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Poem Page, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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