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A pathfinder for National Poetry Month (April) by M. Chrusch
Updated on Apr 09, 11
Created on Apr 09, 11
Category: Schools & Education
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Poetry Reading
Students, check out the links below to read some great poetry in honor of National Poetry Month!
Listen to poems collected by the Poetry Archive and picked out especially for kids
Collection of Poetry and Writing prompts by Poet Bruce Lansky
Great Selection of funny poem, this is also an author site for the poet Kevin Nesbit
Jack Prelutsky's Homepage complete with poems, and a really wonderful ABOUT page
This project has documented (in the form of videos) a collection of favorite poems submitted by Americans ages 5-97.
Poetry Pre-Writing & Writing Resources
Get your thinking caps on, the links below will help you get your creative juices flowing to prepare to write your own poems
You can use this rhyming dictionary to help you with your poetry writing
Looking for inspiration? This site will give you samples of what types of poems are out there, and information about the
Definitions for many of the Poetic Terms you might see as you learn about different types of poems
Poetry Writing
The links below will take you to sites where you can create your own poems.
A wonderful collection of poem prompts and fill ins to get you writing in no time!
This interactive allows you to create a monster poem online, if you get stuck you can get adjective hints and ideas
Magnetic Poetry from Kid's Poetry Page allows you to play with kits (topics) and create their own poems. Students can submit their poems to be published on the site as well
This interactive from readwritethink.org let you create their own Shape (Concrete) Poems online
Haiku Writing interactive, that allows you to move the tiles around to create a poem. Each tile also contains the amount of syllables to aid in the Haiku Writing.
Arts & Crafts & Poems
Feeling both creative and crafty? Try out some of the activities below:
Recipe and project idea for making Haiku Fortune Cookies by Esme Raji Codell
Really cool Poem Origami project that accompanies a Book by Kristine O'Connell George
Create a PoeTree using these instructions, very cool project idea
Poetic Game Play
Want to play with poetry? Here are some online games just for you!
35 items | 8 visits
A pathfinder for National Poetry Month (April) by M. Chrusch
Updated on Apr 09, 11
Created on Apr 09, 11
Category: Schools & Education
URL: