National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month and so to help celebrate that event here are some wonderful free sites to stimulate new ideas and places to poke around in searching for that motivating lesson.
Poetry links
http://www.reacheverychild.com/language/english/poetry.html
Where to get student work published
http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/kids_publish.html
Poetry for younger readers
http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/primary_resources.html#3
Immigration lessons and poetry
http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/immigrate.html#7
Patriotic Poetry
http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/patriotic.html
Instant Poetry Forms
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
INTERNET POETRY ARCHIVE:
Listen to poets read their words.
POETRY TERMS Online QUIZ
http://www.quia.com/tq/100093.html
FORMULA POEMS: 30 Days of Poetry.
http://www.msrogers.com/English2/poetry/30_days_of_poetryday_13.htm
IDEAS FOR WRITING POETRY IN THE CLASSROOM:
http://www.netaxs.com/~katz/teachers.htm
POETRY PLUS—A 3RD GRADE POETRY UNIT:
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/32K_Poetry_Plus.pdf
HOW TO WRITE A 5W POEM
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/poetry2.html
Poetry.com. Poetry.com invites poetry writers of all
ages to submit poems for online publication. Poets 18 and younger
The Digital History of Canadian Poetry, and the Poem in Progress.
Otta Ray’s Head
Huge Links page to all elements of poetry.
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/poetry.htm
Info Please
Site for older students
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/pmonth1.html
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=305
General links for younger students
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/k_2theme/poetry.htm
Very large and complete poetry site
Includes contests.
http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html
Lesson plans
http://www.education-world.com/a_special/poetrymonth.shtml
Large link site
Very complete coverage of all types of poetry and terms.
http://www.proteacher.com/070034.shtml
Acadmey of American Poets
Poetry magazine
http://www.poetrymagazine.org/
Cube poetry for younger students
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang50.txt
Links to poets
Extensive
http://www.pmpoetry.com/linkspb.shtml
Cheers, Chants, Raps, and Poetry
http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/Chant.html