Poetry

Fun and games

• Interactive online poetry
  • Create your own psuedo-haiku poetry
    • Cinquain poetry - create your own
    • Diamante poems
    • Limerick Factory - create your own
    • Shape poems - nature, sports, etc.
  • Instant Poetry Forms - examples of many different poetry types to fill in to create your own - scroll down list on left (ETTCenter, Burlington VT) EXCELLENT
  • Magnetic Poetry unscramble to find the poem - Java - takes time to load
  • Magnetic Poetry - with even more words
  • Magnetic Poetry Board - ReadWriteThink
  • Poetry Engine - Scholastic-make own haiku, limerick, free verse, cinquain - FLASH
  • PoetryFun with fill in the blank poems (PoetryTeachers.com) - scroll down for choices
  • Poetry Splatter - fill in the blanks to make own poems - great with Smartboard
  • Quizville.com - fill in the blanks to complete the poem
  • Riddle rhymes - Annie's Rhyme Time - find two word rhyming answer
• Giggle Poetry - including how to write a limerick
• Jeff's Poems for kids - Jeff Mondak, professor Florida State - funny like Silverstein
• Poetry4Kids.com
  • Poetry fun and games
• Poetry Daily
• Poetry for Middle Students links to some well known poems
• Poetry Patterns patterns to make up poems and examples

Favorite poets

• Edgar Allen Poe
• Edward Lear: teacher resource file - with limerick links
• Emily Dickinson "I'm nobody, who are you?" and fill in the blanks to create your own - way at bottom - click on GO
  • Emily Dickinson
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Jack Prelutsky
• Janet Wong hear her read poems
• Langston Hughes - poems in right column
• Maya Angelou
• Poetry4Kids Kenn Nesbit
• Robert Frost
• Shel Silverstein - animated online poetry
  • Shel Silverstsein & teacher resource file

Glossaries

• Glossary of Poetic Terms
• RhymeZone

Searchable indexes of poetry

• American Verse Project
• Bartleby click on Verse ;listing works of several poets
• Find a poem from Poets.org from the Academy of American Poets
• Online PoetryClassroom.org - find a poet, find a poem
• PoemHunter.com
• Poetry Archives

Classroom ideas and resources

• BrainPopJr. movie on poems
• 42eXplore - thorough list of links and lesson plans
• Favorite Poem Project
• Forms of Poetry for Children links by type of poetry
• Instructional Material in Poetry Community Learning Network
• Invent your own Poetry (Education World)
• Lyrical Lessons online - GREAT site for personification, alliteration, puns and more - poetry lessons
• Forms of Poetry for Children links by type of poetry
• National Poetry Month Scholastic with printable activities by grade level
• National Poetry Month FamilyEducation - quizzes, fill in the blank
• Poetry - Teacher's corner-links and lesson plans
• Poetry month lesson plans Teacher Vision
• Poetry for children Internet School Library Media Center
• Poetry - list of online sites from Teaching with the web - Kennesaw Edtech.
• Poetry Center - Library of Congress
• Poetry for Children Page (Internet Library Media Center - curriculum related)
• Poetry Page - Outta Ray's Head list of lessons, including Poetry Poker
• Poetry Printables - Scholastic - fun poetry activities
• Poetry Teacher.com Children's poetry by Meadowbrook Press. Lots of funny poems, poetry contests and more! Ideas for educators on teaching poetry in fun and interesting ways
• Poetry: Teacher's Guide - lesson plans "how to write" Smartbarod activities
• Poetry Unit lesson plans -including alliteration, puns, etc
• Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin, Jean Marzollo
• Poetry Zone - printable worksheets for poetry lesson
• Smartboard ideas
  • Poetry - BBC - read poems and answer questions
• Traci's list of 10 activites for National Poetry Month

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