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Prepositional Poetry Teacher Instructions

During a study of prepositions and prepositional phrases, a fantastic activity to assign to the students is that of creating their own poems.

Using a list of commonly used prepositions - like those found on this page - have the students choose a topic and begin to write. Instruct them to begin each new line of the poem with a preposition.

The most difficult aspect of this activity is using the prepositions correctly. You will have to evaluate each line to see if the word the student has chosen is indeed being used as a preposition and not as an adverb. The students soon learn the difference on their own.

Common Prepositions

about
above
across
after
against
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath

beside
besides
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in

inside
into
like
near
of
off
on
out
outside
over
since

through
throughout
to
toward
under
until
up
upon
with
without
out of

according to
in addition to
in front of
in place of
in regard to
in spite of
instead of
on account
because of
by way of

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