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| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling by Subject Language Arts for Homeschoolers The Homeschool Diner's Favorite Poetry Resources by Julie Shepherd knapp, copyright 2006 Favorite collections, texts, study guides, and other resources for introducing children to poetry A Turn for the Verse by Bruce Van Patter -- why is poetry important for children? Don't forget that's it's valuable to read poetry "just for fun"! We don't need to analyze or answer comprehension questions about every poem we read. ;-) Here is a fun poem along these lines, called Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins. Free Online Resources Poetry Archive -- free online audio clips of poets reading their poetry Haiku Garden -- children's poems with illustrations (great inspiration!), submitted from the US, UK, Auatralia, and Japan Poetry 180 -- a list of poems aimed at high school aged students, intented to be read aloud, one each day, from the Library of Congress In the Moonlight a Worm -- an online introduction to Haiku poems, with lesson plans Shmoop Poetry -- "...lovingly made by experts and educators from Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, and other top universities..." includes poetry resources and study guides. Also check out their learning guides for literature, civics and biographies. All free :-) Classic Love and Romance Poems -- an online collection Top 100 Love Songs for Weddings -- lists of songs with poetic lyrics An Interactive Poetry Finder -- choose the type of poetry and this site from ETTC will find a fill-in-the-blank form to make that kind of poetry SciFaiku.com -- science fiction haiku website with examples, also an online group to share poems, also visit: Todd Hoff's Scifaiku Peotry, * these aren't children's websites -- please pre-read for appropriateness* Shape Poem Maker by Read Write and Think -- free online poem activity, choose a topic, add your poem, then print it out to share Shape-Book Patterns -- dozens of boldly outlined printable shapes, choose with or without guide lines, great for descriptions, listing nouns or other parts of speech, or poems, free Magnetic Poetry Online -- play with poetry sets on a virtual fridge Poetry4Kids -- author Ken Nesbit shares his children's poetry, also has games, contests, and an online rhyming dictionary GigglePoetry -- fun poems to read, directions for writing various types Kid's Earth Poems -- a collection of poems and art, very inspirational Poem Hunter -- search for a particular poem by title, poet, or keyword PIZZAZ! -- zippy and zaney ideas for writing poems and stories Kalliope Poetics -- a free poetry writing lab, members communicate thru an e-mail group, several poetry exercises also available at the website National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) -- take the challenge! write a poem everyday in April! Here are 30 interesting writing prompts you could use. Curriculum, Study Guides, and Other Resources The American Academy of Poets - maintains biographies of famous poets, listed alphabetically, also search by name of poem Easy Poetry Lessons that Dazzle and Delight by David L. Harrison -- (grades 3 - 6) 50 "mini-lessons" introduce the basic elements of poetry (such as rhyme, rhythm, couplets, stanzas, assonance, metaphor, and imagery) and introduce a variety of poem types, including limericks, concrete poems, poems for two voices, etc., a single poem is given as an example of each topic covered The Poetics Program by Michael Clay Thompson -- Music of the Hemispheres Building Poems World Of Poetry Poetry and Humanity Poetry, Plato and the Problem of Beauty Poetry, Plato and the Problem of Truth (grades 3 - 12) This series provides an excellent study of the elements, mechanics, imagery, beauty, and higher meaning of poetry. The earlier books focus on understanding how a poet's choice of words helps create the imagery and flow of a poem, and foster an appreciation for the mechanics of poetry. Each successive book takes a deeper look at the elements of poetry, and explores the ideas of poets on a higher plane. This series can be started as early as 3rd grade and as late as 7th, depending on the abilities of the student, and the amount of previous exposure to poetry. Typical students will probably appreciate the first book in grades 4 - 6, and the higher level books in high school. Perrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry by Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson -- a serious look at the different forms of poetry, used for high school AP Literature and Composition classes American Literature: Poetry from Total Language Plus -- a Christian curriculum module covering 30 American poets, geared to grades 11 and 12, includes lesson plans for three levels: Advanced placement, regular high school, and overview. Writing Poems -- (4th - 8th) walks students thru the process of creating various types of poems, each new type includes examples, fill-in the blank warm-ups, and space to write original poems Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out by Ralph Fletcher -- focuses on writing poetry, encourages appreciating the emotion, image, and music of poems (for middle school and up) Rose Where Did You Get That Red? by Kenneth Koch -- great for inspiring children of all ages to enjoy and write poetry, here is an excerpt on poets.org ShelSilverstein.com -- author of "Where the Sidewalk Ends", "A Light in the Attic", "Falling UP", and many others, this website has a list of his books, a few games, a study guide for "Where the Sidewalk Ends", and a National Poetry Day kit which includes tips on teaching poetry to kids Books, Collections, and other Poetry Resources Absolute Shakespeare -- free online text of his plays, sonnets, poems, plus quotes, histories and biographies -- James Whitcomb Riley -- free online text, includes poems for children and more formal poems for adults, many written in early 20th C dialect A Children's Introduction to Poetry by Michael Driscoll -- a nice collection of classic and children's poetry, comes with a CD of actors reading the poems while children read along! A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms by Paul B. Janeczko -- fun examples of the various forms of poems (grades 3 +) Online Books Page -- a searchable listing of free online books The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems by Donald Hall -- a nice mixture of classic and contemporary poems in many styles for all ages, 75 poems Poets of the Great War -- free online collection of WWI poets from BYU Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle... and Other Modern Verse by Stephen Dunning -- a collection of 114 contemporary poems chosen to appeal to young people (around grade 6 and up), some fun, some "deep", all excellent Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex -- humorous and zany children's poetry about monsters Poets.org -- online magazine of the Society of American Poets |
| "The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say." – G.K. Chesterton "Poetry is not a code to be broken but a way of seeing with the eyes shut"--Linda Pastan |