Exposing children to poetry exposes them to a world of emotions from laugh-out-loud humour to deep sadness. It also demonstrates to children that poetry is another great way of telling a story
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February 13, 2010
http://www.poetry4kids.com/modules.php?name=Games
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Poetry fun and games
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February 13, 2010
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm
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Super Scholastic page from the American Poet Laureate on how to write poetry
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February 13, 2010
http://www.teachnet.ie/stpats/2003/poetry/Page%201.htm
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An interesting webquest based on poetry
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February 18, 2010
http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do Resource Type: suitable for Huge bank of poems online- many of them read by the poet and available as online recordings
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March 2, 2010
http://www.canteach.ca/links/linksongs.html Resource Type: Poem / Song suitable for InfantsPoems and songs on a variety of themes – mostly suited to lower end of school
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March 7, 2010
http://www.fizzyfunnyfuzzy.com/ Resource Type: suitable for Fizzy Funny Fuzzy – read or listen to poetry
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March 7, 2010
http://poetryzone.woodshed.co.uk/index2.htm Resource Type: suitable for The Poetry Zone – videos of poems being read as well as teacher resources for teaching poetry
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March 7, 2010
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/ Resource Type: suitable for Giggle Poetry – fun poems to read aloud
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March 7, 2010
http://www.childrenspoetrybookshelf.co.uk/ Resource Type: suitable for Children’s Poetry Bookshelf
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March 7, 2010
http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do Resource Type: suitable for The Children’s Poetry Archive – poets reading their own poems
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March 7, 2010
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm Resource Type: suitable for A Rhyme a Week – nursery rhymes for early literacy
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March 10, 2010
http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/dhummon/acrostics/acrostics.html Resource Type: suitable for Acrostic poems
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March 11, 2010
http://kingpoetry.com/ Resource Type: suitable for Poetry of all types
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March 12, 2010
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/by/Eleanor%20Farjeon?order=written Resource Type: suitable for A collection of Elenor Farjeon’s poetry
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March 12, 2010
http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetclass/poetclass.html Resource Type: suitable for Excellent website to teach poetry in a fun way
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March 20, 2010
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/rhymes.htm Resource Type: Poem / Song suitable for Junior CycleNursery rhymes arranged by theme
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March 20, 2010
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/ Resource Type: Poem / Song suitable for Junior Cyclea large list of nursery rhymes
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March 20, 2010
http://www.nurseryrhymesonline.com/ Resource Type: Poem / Song suitable for Junior CycleA colletion of nursery rhymes
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March 21, 2010
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/diamante-poems-30053.html Resource Type: Other suitable for All agesResources to help in poetry composition
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March 22, 2010
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Writing/WCP0200.html Resource Type: suitable for In this activity, students write poems of their own without having to create an all-new structure or rhyme scheme.
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March 22, 2010
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/friends/poetry.html Resource Type: suitable for n this activity children will compile a list of the things they look for in a friend and use that information to create a simple poem. Using a familiar topic may make poetry a little less daunting for some children.
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March 22, 2010
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/poetry5.html Resource Type: suitable for How to write a Cinquain
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March 22, 2010
https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~egruner/english203/poetry.html Resource Type: suitable for Teaching chilren about meter in poetry
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March 22, 2010
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/activities/rhyming.html Resource Type: suitable for Introduce students to rhyming and poetry through a variety of fun and interactive activities
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March 22, 2010
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang59.txt Resource Type: suitable for After carefully observing and remembering details about the animals at the zoo, students work cooperatively in groups to create poems.
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March 22, 2010
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Writing/WCP0038.html Resource Type: suitable for Using the book Animalia, students will create poems that are similiar to the author’s based on the five W’s. These can be complied into a class book.
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