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1.4.2 Lesson Plans/Resources - Language - Poetry Last page update:
10/29/02
All links verified as of: 10/29/02
For those of you anxious to integrate poetry across the curriculum but not quite sure about how to do so,
I have added a page filled with teacher's resources highly recommended by our
teaching colleagues. You can either scroll down to "Recommended
resources..." or click here to look for
some help.
30
Days of Poetry - The English Room (EXCEPTIONAL [A+] ) (http://www.msrogers.com/English2/poetry/30_days_of_poetry.htm)
Aha! Poetry (USEFUL, BUT LIMITED [B] ) (http://www.ahapoetry.com/)
Auto-Bio Poem - Gr 3-8 (VERY GOOD [A-] ) (http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/...WCP0003.html)
A Pocketful of Rhymes (INTERESTING [B] ) (http://members.aol.com/Bvsangl/pocket.html)
BBC Education - Listen and Write - Rap Realm (GREAT I/A SITE [A] ) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/raprealm/disco1.htm)
Choral Speaking (GOOD EXPLANATION; LESSONS [A] ) (http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/choral.htm)
Exercises to Unlock the Poet Within - Education World ® (FANTASTIC CLASSROOM IDEAS [A+] ) (http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson171.shtml)
"Fill in the Blank" Poetry - Gr 6-8 (VALUABLE [A-] ) (http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/...WCP0200.html)
Glossary of Poetic Terms from BOB'S BYWAY (EXCELLENT GATEWAY [A] ) (http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html)
Greg Digital Library - World Poetry (TONS OF REFERENCES [B] ) (http://www.usglobe.com/)
Haiku Lesson Plan EXCELLENT, MEANINGFUL INTRO TO HAIKU [A] ) (http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/LP/LS3.html)
How to Write a Biopoem - Gr 3-5 (VALUABLE; EXTREMELY USEFUL [A+] ) (http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/...WCP0067.html)
KidzPage - poetry and verse for kids of all ages (GREAT [A+] ) (http://www.veeceet.com)
Knowing Ourselves and Others Through Poetry - Gr 6-8 (VALUABLE; EXTREMELY USEFUL [A+] ) (http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/...WCP0018.html)
Lear Limericks and Literature Unit Study (EXCELLENT [A] ) (http://www.castlemoyle.com/lear/learte.htm)
Ogden Nash - His Verse (GREAT STUFF [A] ) (http://www.veeceet.com/kids/nash.html)
Outta Ray's Head Poetry Page (TREMENDOUS; THIS IS THE PLACE TO BEGIN [A++] ) (http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/poetry.htm)
Pass the Poetry, Please - How to have poetry everyday (VALUABLE; EXTREMELY USEFUL [A+] ) (http://www.umkc.edu/imc/poetryin.htm)
Poetry for Children (EXCELLENT [A] ) (http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poechild.htm)
Poetry for Kids - How To Write Poetry (VERY GOOD RESOURCE [B] ) (http://www.nesbitt.com/poetry/howto.html)
Poetry Handbook (EXCELLENT TEACHER REFERENCE [A] ) (http://www.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/classes/Handbook/Handbook.html)
Poetry Pals Cinquains and Diamonte (HOW TO - EXCELLENT [A] ) (http://www.oocities.org/EnchantedForest/5165/pages/cinquains.html)
Poetry Pals Autobiographical poems (VERY GOOD [A-] ) (http://www.oocities.org/EnchantedForest/5165/pages/autobiopoems.html)
Poetry Patterns - poetry lessons for Gr 2-8 (EXCELLENT; VERY USEFUL [A+] ) (http://www.berkeleyprep.org/lower/fourth/writing/poetry_patterns.htm)
PoetryTeachers.com - ideas/motivation/LPs (AWESOME [A+] ) (http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html)
Poetry.com Contest (ENTER YOUR AND/OR STUDENTS' POETRY FOR CASH PRIZES [A-] ) (http://www.poetry.com.index.htm")
Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky (EXCELLENT; EXTREMELY VALUABLE [A] ) (http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm)
Poetry Writing with Karla Kuskin (GREAT [A] ) (http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm)
Poets' Corner - Huge online anthology; searchable (VALUABLE RESOURCE [A] ) (http://www.oocities.org/~spanoudi/poems/index.html)
ProTeacher! Poetry writing lesson plans (EXCELLENT GATEWAY [A] ) (http://www.proteacher.com/070042.shtml)
Recommended resources for teaching poetry and making it fun (http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Column/9885/poetryresources.htm)
Semantic Rhyming Dictionary (ONLINE; VERY GOOD [A-] ) (http://www.rhymezone.com )
The Academy of American Poets - Find a Poet (GOOD SOURCE OF
BACKGROUND & SAMPLES [B] ) (http://www.poets.org/poets/index.cfm)
The Poetry Zone - LPs, activities, online publishing of poems, (EXCELLENT [A] ) (http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/index2.htm)
Writing "W" Poems - Gr 4-5 (VERY GOOD [A-] ) (http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/...WCP0038.html)
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