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Poetry Resources
Children's
Poetry Archive
Searchable source for children's poetry and poets.
Click on Teach
for teacher resources.
Poetry Machine
Create an original poem using online poetry-writing templates!
Poems from Marinela Reka.com
Poems of all
sorts, like: Short, Scary, Funny, Family, Friendship, Seasons,
Animals, Haiku, Cute, Cinquain, Limericks, Mask,Teen,Love, Heart
Broken, War, Acrostic Poems, Imagination and a lot more
Academy
of American Poets - for Educators (Poets.org)
Many resources, including teacher forums,
pedagogical and critical essays, curriculum tools,
lesson
plans, and links.
The Poets
An alphabetical index to 161 companion sites
of poems and poets.
Magnificent Rainbow
Exhibits that "highlight the wonder of kids
playing around with poetic forms."
Teaching
Poetry: Creating Genuine, Meaningful Responses
An ERIC Digest article.
RhymeZone Rhyming Thesaurus
and Dictionary
Use this link to find the perfect rhyming word.
Glossary of Poetic Terms
Definitions, examples, quotations, and writer's guidelines.
Favorite Poem Project
Audio and video of people reading their favorite poems.
Patrick Martin's Poetry Resource
Collections of poems, links to sites for specific poets, poetry
through time, poetry around
the world, etc.
Poetry Lesson Plans
April is National Poetry Month
A "calendar activity" from Read-Write-Think. See also
The
Poetry Page
Many lesson plans from "Outta
Ray's Head."
Favorite
Poem Project: Lesson Plans
Many lesson plans organized by grade level.
Scroll down the page to find the lessons.
Poetry Out Loud - Lesson Plans and Class Schedule
Several lesson plans
as well as other teaching
resources.
Teachnology - Poetry
Sixty poetry lesson plans!
General
Poetry Resources
Many resources and lesson plans from Varsity
Tutors.
Curriculum
and Lesson Plans
Six units or lesson plans from
The Academy of American Poets.
Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme
A Read/Think/Write
lesson plan for grades K-2.
Core Poetry and More
A 2nd-grade lesson plan from
Core Knowledge.
See also
Poetry in Motion.
A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing
Found Poetry
Another K-2 lesson plan from Read/Write/Think.
Poetry for the Elementary
Classroom
A unit for grades 2-4 featuring the works of
Shel Silvertsein
and others. See also
Sharing Poetry with Children.
Poetry: Developing a Taste
A 3rd-grade unit on poetry appreciation from
Core Knowledge.
Pageant of Poetry: A Center Approach
Another 3rd-grade lesson plan from Core Knowledge. See also
Patchwork Poetry.
Dancing Minds and Shooting Smiles: Teaching Personificication
Through Poetry
A
Read/Write/Think
lesson plan for grades 3-5.
Poetry from Prose
Another lesson plan for grades 3-5 from Read/Write/Think.
See also
What Makes Poetry? Exploring Line Breaks.
Poetry Anthology
A lesson plan for grade 3.
Picture Perfect Poetry
A 4th-grade lesson plan from
Core Knowledge.
Steps Toward Writing
Poetry
A unit for grades 4-6 that includes Grace Nichols'
Coconut Kind of Day and other Caribbean poetry.
Teaching Poetry in New Formats
A unit for the intermediate grades.
The Music in Poetry
Lesson plans from Smithsonian Education
Narrative Poetry
A 6th-grade unit. See also
"Casey
at the Bat" and narrative poems.
Using Poetry in Teaching
Reading to Special Education Students
A middle-grade unit featuring "The Highwayman" by
Alfred Noyes.
Poems That Work!
A middle-grade unit using the works of
May Swenson
and others.
What am I? Teaching Poerty through Riddles
An excellent lesson plan for grades 6-8
from Read/Write/Think.
Alliteration in Headline Poems
Another 6-8 lesson plan from Read/Write/Think.
Writing Free Verse in the "Voice" of Cesar Chavez
One more middle grade lesson plan from Read/Write/Think.
Understanding and Appreciating
Poetry: Afro-Americans and Their
Poetry
A unit featuring the poetry of Arna Wendell Bontemps and others.
Finding New Voices: Native American Poets
An 8th-grade unit.
Real Old Rap
An 8th-grade lesson plan from
Core Knowledge. See also
Poetry-The Essence of Life for another 8th-grade lesson plan.
Onomatopoeia — A Poetry Lesson Plan
A lesson using excepts from famous poems.
Arabic
Poetry: Guzzle a Ghazal
A high school lesson plan from
Edsitement.
1900 America: Primary Sources and Epic Poetry
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 from the Library of Congress.
Varying Views of America
A
Read/Write/Think lesson plan for grades 9-12.
Poetry: Sound and Sense
Another lesson plan for grades 9-12 from Read/Write/Think.
Poetry of the Great War" "From Darkness to Light?"
A high school lesson plan from EDSITEment.
Resources for Teaching Longfellow
Middle and high school lesson plans and resources. See also Lesson
plans for "Paul Revere's Ride" and Other Poems.
The
Essential Emily Dickinson
A Teacher's Guide with ten lesson plans from The Bog Read. See also
The
Poetry of Robinson Jeffers.
Carl Sandburg's Chicago: Bringing a Great City Alive
A high school lesson plan from EDSITEment. See also
Through the Eyes of a Poet,
Poetry Pairing "Chicago" and
Personification
with "Grass" by Carl Sandburg.
Robert Frost's Mending Wall: A Marriage of Poetic Form and Content
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 from EDSITEment. See also
Teacher's Resources from The Robert Frost Farm
and
Robert Frost Prompts the Poet in You.
Edgar Allan Poe's Journey through Life and Literature
An instructional unit.
Assignment Discovery Lesson Plan - Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
For grades 9-12.
Modeling Reading and Analysis Processes with the Works of Edgar
Allan Poe
A middle-grade lesson plan.
Haiku Lesson Plans
Teaching
Haiku Poetry
Lesson plans and resources organized by grade
level.
Japanese Haiku and Haiga
A one-week unit plan.
Haiku Starter
A lesson plan for grades 2-6 from Read-Write-Think.
Can You
Haiku?
A high-quality lesson plan for grades 3-5.
Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season
A lessson plan for grades 3-5 from Read/Write/Think.
Creating and Presenting
Haiku with Kid Pix Subjects
This lesson plan from
Education
World
is
for grades 3-5.
The World
of Haiku
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 from EDSITEment.
Spring Haiku
A lesson plan for grades 6-12 from Education World. See also
Haiku: Teaching
Japanese Poetry Writing.
Haiku
Another lesson plan for grades 6-12.
Haiku Links
An annotated list.
Cinquain Lesson Plans
Composing Cinquain Poems: A Quick-Writing Activity
A lesson plan for grades 1-2.
Cinquain Syllables
A lesson plan from
Crayola.
Animal Cinquain
A brief lesson complete with a worksheet.
Composing Cinquain Poems with Basic Parts of Speech
A Read/Write/Think
lesson plan for grades 3-5.
Cinquain
Another lesson plan for grade 3-5.
Bring Your Lessons to Life with the Cinquain Poetry Form
One more lesson plan for grades 3-5.
Acrostic
and Cinquain Poetry
A middle-grade lesson plan.
Acrostic Lesson Plans
Acrostic Poems: All About My favorite Things
A lesson plan for grades 1-2. See also
Acrostic Poems.
Acrostic Poem Lesson Plan for Younger students
From Bright Hub.
Writing an Acrostic
From Scholastic.
Acrostic Poem Pals
From Crayola.
Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem Lesson Plan
Complete with examples.
Acrostic
and Cinquain Poetry
A middle-grade lesson plan.
Limerick Lesson Plans
Lear, Limericks, and
Literature
Lessons for grades 5 and up using the works of
Edward Lear.
Edward
Lear, Limericks and Nonsense
A similar lesson plan for grades 3-5 from
Edsitement.
The Book of Nonsense Volume 2
A lesson plan for grades 2-4.
Lilting Limericks
A lesson plan complete with a rubric.
How to Write a Limerick.
A good resource.
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