NEA's Resources Should Be Tapped

Are you aware that the National Education Association has over 600 lessons posted on their website? Browse by grade level and subject area. You do not have to be an NEA member to view. The listing is HERE.

Do You Teach Poetry? Here are 34 Web Sites You'll Love

Academy of American Poets

Acrostic Poems- from ReadWriteThink; interactive

Best Books for Teaching About Poetry- from Education World; for young students

Complete Classics- "10,171 poems from 1,082 classic poets"

Cowboy Poetry

Famous Poets and Poems

Free Verse Poetry

Giggle Poetry- humorous children's verse on the Web

Glossary of Poetic Terms

Haiku- from PBS Parents; interactive

Handbook of Rhetorical Devices

Instant Poetry Forms- students choose from a list of titles and add their own words to create a poem

Library of Congress Poetry Lessons

List of English Language Poets

Magnetic Poetry for Kids- interactive site

National Poetry Almanac

Outta Ray's Head

Poems for High School Students

Poem Hunter- 310,931 poems from 24,752 poets

Poetry- from Questia, the world's largest online library resource list

Poetry 180- a poem a day for high school students from the Library of Congress

The Poetry Archive- browse poets and poems

Poetry Class- poetry lessons

Poetry Everywhere- PBS series

Poetry for Kids- you will find games, lessons, contests here, all based on the works of children's poet Kenn Nesbitt.

Poetry Idea Machine- from Scholastic

Poetry Portal

Poetry Resources for Teachers- long list from TeacherVision; grade levels marked for every item (K-12)

Poetry Teachers- ideas for poetry contests, theater, and activities for the classroom.

Shadow Poetry- definitions for over 100 types of poetry, examples included; also poetry guide

Sonnet Central

Sonnets.org- archive of English sonnets, commentary, links and a forum for poets to share and discuss their works.

Types of Poetry

World of Poetry

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