Enjoy Poetry!
An Internet Hotlist on Poetry

created by Stephanie Moore
Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill School


Introduction
 Celebrate Poetry Month in April with the various resources located below.

In addition to using books, magazines, and other resoureces to find out about Poetry, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

Some links are sites where your students can actually write their poem and have it automatically published. The first site is a class by class workshop where feeling comfortable about writing poetry is the main focus.

Also included in the Academy of American Poets as well as a workshop with some poets that are quite enjoyable. Many sites listed have a variety of suggested activities for teaching and learning poetry elements.
Enjoy these sites!

And, please if you have others that can be added to the list, e-mail Ms. Moore.


The Internet Resources
CJ's Poetry - Samples of poetry written for children
Celebrate Poetry - Celebrate 'Poetry Month' with a variety of activities including the use of worksheets, printables, literature tie-ins, language arts, social studies, visual and performing arts, educational technology, and other references. This site offers quizzes, a poetry glossary, African American poets, and much more.
Fern's Poetry Club - Do you remember your favorite aardvark, Arthur? Well, Fern is his friend. Fern has a poetry club where you can study her poem of the day, write your own poem and publish it, or just simply enjoy more poems.
Giggle Poetry - Hmmmmm! Let's see...poetry fun with fill-in-the-blank poems,poetry theater, school poems, and favorite poems...try them all!
Grammar and Poetry - Did you ever think to combine learning grammar and writing poetry? Of course, you have! Try this site for more clues on 'how to.'
Inki and Taz's Poetry Corner - Click on Inki and Taz's Poetry Corner and visit the variety of links and the variety of poetry styles.
Listen and Write - So much, so little time. Stop and visit the wonderful world of words! Write similes and use 'wonderwords' to make your poems come alive!
National Poetry Month - The Academy of American Poets and their various partners offer awards, exhibits, a listening booth, a poem database, discussion forums, events calendars, etc.
PIZZAZZ!! Creative Writing - A site dedicated to providing simple creative writing and oral storytelling activities with handouts. Lots of resources for 11 (eleven) styles of poetry and story writing.
Poems for Children - A poetry resource page.
Poetry Covers it All - A table of contents to assist any classroom with poetry ideas from beginning to end.
Poetry WebQuest - A unit that has students working to publish poems, create a book of poems, and then using a multi-media tool, students will finalize their work with a class poetry book.
Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky - Here you have it!!! A workshop with a well-known poet, Jack Prelutsky where students learn the elements to writing poetry and finish with a printed product. This can't miss!!
Poetry and the Planets - Using information researched about the planets, students will create an illustrated, rhyming poem using similes and metaphors.
Poets - Find a poet. Find a poem. Listen to both!
Share Your Poetry - The Girl Scouts have created a colorful site to inspire the learning and creating of 'cinquain' and 'haiku' writing. Once you've learned and written, you can publish.
The Poetry Page from Cornell - Resources, poets, journals, etc.
The Poetry Teacher - Here are some great helpers in teaching poetry through poetry theater, contests, fun, and just plain old class for the different types of poetry.
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Last revised Wed Feb 21 8:51:08 US/Pacific 2007