April is Poetry Month

Poetry

Literary work that is usually organized in lines which shows expression of feelings and ideas.


Can rhyme.
Often has a meter.
Often organized in verse.

or

if written in prose
Shows the author feelings and imagination in a vivid colorful way.

http://www.charlesghigna.com/classroom.html

http://www.creative-writing-now.com/definition-of-poetry.html

http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/poetry.html

http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/staff/boldtkatherine/ReadingFun3-6/ReadingFun_Poetry.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/poetry.htm

Vocabulary

alliteration
alphabet poems
cinquain
couplets
diamonds/diamante
free verse
haiku
quatrains
limerick
meter
onomatopoeia
rhyme
simile
sonnet
stanza
syllables
tanka

Main Types of Poetry



Acrostic Poetry

In Acrostic poems, the first letters of each line are aligned vertically to form a word. The word often is the subject of the poem.

http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-an-acrostic-poem/

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/acrostic-poems-30045.html

http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/acrostic.htm

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/reference/examples/acrostic-poem-examples.html

http://www.beardsley.k12.ca.us/int/lessons/acrostic02/acrostic-poem-samples.htm

http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/dhummon/acrostics/acrostics.html

http://www.mywordwizard.com/acrostic-poetry-for-kids.html


Cinquain

Cinquain poems are five lines long with a certain number of syllables or words in each. Cinquain poems do not rhyme. There are many ways to write cinquain poems. Here is an example of one cinquain pattern.

Line 1: Title - one word or two syllables
Line 2: Description or example of the title - 2 words or four syllables
Line 3: Action about the title - a 3 word phrase or six syllables
Line 4: a 4 word phrase describing a feeling about the title or 8 syllables
Line 5: Synonym for the title - one word - 2 syllables


http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/algebra/5-6/activities/poetry/cinquain.html


Concrete Poetry

Concrete poems form a picture of the topic or follows the contour of a shape that is suggested by the topic.

http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/news/how-to-write-a-concrete-poem/

http://www.short-story-time.com/kids-concrete-poems.html

http://snowrose.hubpages.com/hub/Concrete-Poem-What-is-it



Couplets

The couplet  consists of two lines with an end rhyme.

http://www.underdown.org/poetry-formats.htm

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples/examples-of-rhyming-couplets.html

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/couplet.htm



Diamonte

Diamonte poems you need to think of a subject and its opposite and then follow the format listed below:

First line: one word (subject).

Second line: two adjectives describing the subject

Third line: three words ending in -ing telling about the subject

Fourth line: four words, the first two describe the subject and the last two describe its opposite

Fifth line: three words ending in -ing telling about the opposite

Sixth line: two adjectives describing the opposite

Seventh line: one word (opposite from the first line)

http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-a-diamante-poem/

http://break2012.weebly.com/diamante-poem.html



Free Verse
Free Verse poems can have anyy number of lines.  They usually Do NOT Rhyme.

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-free-verse-poems.html

http://www.poemfarm.amylv.com/2011/04/free-verse-poems-do-not-need-to-rhyme.html

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/free_verse.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/flash_pie.htm



Limericks

A limerick is a funny little poem containing five lines. The last words of the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other (A) and the last words of the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other so the pattern is AABBA.


http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/limerick.htm

http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/limerick1.htm

http://www.channel4learning.com/sites/bookbox/games/limericks/home.htm

http://languagearts.pppst.com/limericks.html

http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/limerick/limerick_acttxt.html

http://www.brownielocks.com/kidlimericks.html


Haiku
A form of centuries old Japanese poetry that consists of seventeen syllables and has nature as its subject or theme. Haiku is very short and has a 5-7-5 syllable structure with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third line.Haiku poetry conveys emotion. It suggests that the reader look and listen to the world.

This poetry was created by a famous writer named Issa. He had a very sad life. His mother died when he was two and his own four children all died before they were a year old. As a writer and poet, this sadness, loneliness and compassion helped him be more sensitive to everything around him. Issa took the time to listen and enjoy the beauty he found as he heard crickets chirp and as he gazed at the skies. Issa saw the beauty of the natural world around him; he valued every living thing, even insects, and wanted to share his love of nature through his haiku.


http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Haiku-Poem

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5782


http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-a-haiku/


http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-haiku-poems.html


http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm


http://www.abcteach.com/Contributions/HaikuContest.htm

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/printouts/haiku-starter-30697.html


http://www.kidspot.com.au/kids-activities-and-games/Learning-games+2/How-to-write-poetry-Haiku+12532.htm

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/haiku.html


http://www.poemhunter.com/poems/haiku/

http://www.pbs.org/parents/creativity/ideas/haiku.html



Tanka
:

Tanka is another form of Japanese poetry that consists of 31 syllables (5-7-5-7-7). The themes for Tanka are love, nature, seasons, and friendships,

http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/how_to_write_a_tanka_poem.htm

http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/news/how-to-write-a-tanka-poem/

http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/tanka.htm



Famous Poets



http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm




Rhyming Web Site

http://www.rhymezone.com

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Meet Famous Poets Sites

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm


Nursery rhymes

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/home/index.htm

<>http://www.smart-central.com/

http://www.rhymesandsongs.com/

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes.html

http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco/literature/mothergoose/rhymes/menu.html

http://www.zelo.com/family/nursery/index.asp

 http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html

http://www.gardenofsong.com/abcsong.html

http://www.zoomdinosaurs.com/rhymes/coloring/

http://www.childrenstory.com/rhymes/indexnew.html

http://www.mothergoose.com/Rhymes/index.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes/#A

http://www.childrenstory.com/rhymes/indexnew.html

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html

http://205.126.22.50/language/poetry/index.html  *

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryfun.cfm

<>http://www.mamalisa.com/house/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

http://www.rhymes.org.uk/lost-lyrics-old-nursery-rhymes.htm

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And I Like You

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases it will never;
Pass into nothingness; But still will keep.
John Keats
 
 

How do I love thee
Let me count the ways...
Elizabeth Barret Browning

Little Miss Muffet, Sat on a Tuffet
Eating Her Curds and Whey
Along Came a Spider
And Sat Down Beside Her
And Frightened Miss Muffet Away
Mother Goose


What do you feel?
What do you see?


http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/poetry-dictionary-for-kids/ 

http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary2.html

 
 

Books


I AM 
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/iampoem.htm
 

The New Kid on the Block and A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Prelutsky

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shell Silverstein

The Bug in Teacher's Coffee and Other School Poems by Kalli Dakos

If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand by Kalli Dakos

Kids Pick the Funniest Poems by Bruce Lansky

Fresh Paint by Eve Merriam

Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian

In the Swim by Douglas Florian

Laugheteria by Douglas Florian

No More Homework! No More Tests!: Kids' Favorite Funny School Poems by Stephen Carpenter


Links


Rhyme

http://lessons.ctaponline.org/~lpadilla/Poetry.ppt.

http://www.rhymezone.com/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

Rhyme a Word

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm 

http://www.night.net/tucker/

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd_lang.htm



http://www.rhymezone.com/

awesome


http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/what.html

http://www.msrogers.com/English2/poetry/30_days_of_poetry.htm

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/national-poetry-month-teacher-resources-matt-davis?gclid=CLO90NHrzL0CFUuXOgodRlMAWg

<>http://www.rhymer.com/

http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html

<>http://www.writeexpress.com/online.html


Games

http://www.quia.com/mc/325323.html 

http://www.night.net/tucker/

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd_lang.htm

<>http://trmg.designwest.com/

http://www.zuzu.org/poix.html

http://www.poets.org/poems/search.cfm

http://www.rhymezone.com/


http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/scramble.htm

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm

http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco/literature/mothergoose/rhymes/menu.html

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

http://members.aol.com/Bvsangl/poetrycorner.html

http://www2.pair.com/mgraz/Lear/ns/index.html

http://www.poetry4kids.com/

http://www.tecnet.or.jp/~haiku/gardEA3.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass.cfm


http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/rindex.htm

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/wiznpigs/wiznpigs.html

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/shslow1.html

http://www.robertmunsch.com/



http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/index.cfm

http://www.gardenofsong.com/

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm

http://www.poetrylane.com/

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes/nurseryrhymes.shtml

http://shakespeare.com/poetry-machine/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/scramble2.htm

http://www.rhymezone.com/

http://www.angelfire.com/md/byme/pocket.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/annie/index.asp

http://www.pbs.org/parents/creativity/ideas/haiku.html

http://suzyred.com/poetry.html


http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/poetry/


http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/poetry-dictionary-for-kids/

http://www.kristinegeorge.com/poetry_power.html

Vocabulary
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/pmglossary1.html


 

http://www.rhymezone.com/