Resources

for teachers

• Teacher’s Guide

• NCTE, Common Core & National Core Arts Standards

• Poetry Out Loud Anthology (current)

Lesson Plans

Please find a variety of lesson plans for POL below:

• Golden Shovel

• Keeping Score

• Lincoln in the House

• Line Dancing

• Poems Put to Use

• Poetry as Ceremony

• Tabloid Ballad

• Tone Map

• Sonic Patterns: Exploring Poetic Techniques Through Close Reading

• Speaking Poetry: Exploring Sonic Patterns Through Performance

Scoring, Rubrics, and other Competition resources

• Score Sheet

• Accuracy Score Sheet

• Scoring Rubric

• Prompter Instructions

• Accessibility Checklist

• Judge’s Guide

• Poetry Out Loud Anthology (2024-25)

• Tips on Reciting

• Poetry Out Loud YouTube channel (Features performances as well as how-to videos)

General

• CAC Logos (Includes CA POL logos)

• Poetry Out Loud (National) (Note: This site is currently being updated)

• Poetry Foundation

Social Media

Remember to use our POL hashtags when you're on social media promoting your state's program! This year's hashtags are #POL26 and #IAmPoetryOutLoud. If you're looking for inspiration, check out the #iampoetryoutloud archive on Instagram and Twitter.

POL Mobile App

Please remind your teachers, schools, students, and partners that we have a free POL app! With this app, students can easily find, save, and practice poems for the competition on their phones or tablets. Many thanks to our wonderful partners at the Poetry Foundation for developing this. 
Available for download:

• App Store (iOS)

• Google Play Store (Android)