Following a brief discussion of the value of poetry for gifted children, this paper outlines activities in a poetry unit for gifted children of middle school age. Addressed directly to students, the unit is divided into the following sections: (1) a list of behavioral objectives, which relate to responding to poetry, understanding poetic conventions, and writing poetry; (2) a test of students' knowledge about poetry, designed to be used as both a pretest and a posttest; (3) a list of ten activities involving reacting to the ideas in specific poems; (4) a list of 30 activities involving responding to the language in specific poems; (5) a list of six poetry writing activities; and (6) a description of a culminating activity in which the class creates a class poetry book. The paper also includes a list of poems to be read in the unit and a bibliography of poetry anthologies and books about English instruction. (GT)