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
alliterationMain
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
The
couplet consists of two lines with an end rhyme.
http://www.underdown.org/poetry-formats.htm
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/couplet.htm
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://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
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
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://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/haiku.html
http://www.poemhunter.com/poems/haiku/
http://www.pbs.org/parents/creativity/ideas/haiku.html
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.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/tanka.htm
Rhyming Web Site
Nursery rhymes
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/home/index.htm
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
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http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryfun.cfm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html
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.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd_lang.htm
awesome
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/what.html
http://www.msrogers.com/English2/poetry/30_days_of_poetry.htm
http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html
http://www.quia.com/mc/325323.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html