Ready to take your poetry writing to the next level? Use an independent lesson to iron out all those forced rhymes, wrenched rhymes, and near rhymes from first-draft poems.

Concepts

rhyming, poetry writing, word choice, poetry, homophones

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Project the examples of forced rhymes onto the whiteboard and ask learners how they can fix the awkward phrasing; compare their responses to the edited examples in the lessons
• Have learners use the recommendations in peer editing sessions during a poetry-writing unit

Classroom Considerations

• Lesson requires access to the Internet
• Best used when learners have some proficiency with poetry structure and rhyme scheme

Pros

• Each concept links to a blog entry for further explanation
• Examples are clear and easy to understand

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.3.10 W.4.10 W.5.10 W.6.10 W.7.10 W.8.10