National Poetry Month Digital Bulletin Board for Secondary

Get your middle and high school students excited for National Poetry Month in April with this Poetry Digital Bulletin Board! This scrolling slideshow includes poems, fun facts, trivia, booktalks, would-you-rather’s, space for library and school announcements, and more.

This product has 48 slides and it includes:

• 48-slide presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint + Google Slides
  • All body text is editable; you choose which slides you want to use.
  • If timed at 45 seconds per slide, it takes about 36 minutes to scroll one rotation. If you add the 17 additional booktalk slides (linked in resource), this will add an additional 13 minutes to the scrolling slideshow, for a total of about 49 minutes for one full scroll rotation.
  • This presentation is for entertainment and communication. It is NOT meant to be a formal direct instruction library lesson.
• Recommended Reads to accompany the presentation (1 page, PowerPoint and PDF)
  • Includes middle school and young adult (YA) titles.
  • The list is editable and great to hand out to parents, teachers, and students looking for related books.
• Google Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
• Instructions on how to set up PowerPoint slide timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF)

48 Digital Bulletin Board Slides:

• National Poetry Month (April)
• Poetry slam
• Origins of Mother Goose
• Epic poetry
• Presidential inauguration poetry
• The longest and oldest poems in the world
• An unusual book binding
• Price of rare books versus rare coins
• The 800 section of the library
• Words of the Week: prose and free verse
• Would You Rather questions
• This or That questions
• Did You Know questions
• Trivia questions with answers
• Daily and weekly schedule
• This week’s birthdays

Standards Addressed:

AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text. 

• Inquire –  C.1. – D.1.
• Explore – A.1. – C.1.

Terms of Use
© Mrs. ReaderPants – By purchasing this product, you receive a one-user license. Copying or distributing to others is prohibited. See our Site Terms of Use for more information. For teacher-librarians: You may use this product with all of your classes and students.

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