Lesson Plans

• Introduction to Representative Poetry On-Line
  http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm
  Use the indexes to locate poetry and poets:
  • Canadian Poetry
  • by Last Name
  • by Title
  • by First Line
  • a Timeline
  • a Calendar
  • Keyword search
  • Glossary of poetry terms
  • Prose and Verse Criticism
  • Selected Links of Poetry Sites
  • University of Toronto English Library
    
    
• Bluepete's Poetry Passages
  http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/TOC&INTRO.htm
  A collection of classical poetry.
  
  
• Writer's Almanac
  http://almanac.mpr.org/
  A daily listing of authors, poets, musicians and history notables with links.
  Level: Intermediate, Senior
  
  
• Canadian Poetry Archive
  http://www.collectionscanada.ca/canvers/index-e.html
  The Canadian Poetry Archive features selected poems from over 100 early English and French-language Canadian poets.
  
  
• Canadian Poets
  http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/index_poet.htm
  Links to biography and their works. From the University of Toronto Department of English.
  Level: Intermediate, Senior
  
  
• The Academy of American Poets
  http://www.poets.org/index.cfm
  Search for poems or  poets.
  
  
• KidzPage
  http://gardenofsong.com/kidzpage/
  A collection of a variety of poems.
  
  
• Wired for Books: Poetry On-Line
  http://www.wiredforbooks.org/poetry/
  Hear audio recordings of works by great poets. Plugin required.
  
  
• Poet's Corner
  http://teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au/poetry/poem.htm
  Explanations of poetry forms with samples of each.
  
  
• poetryclass
  http://www.poetryclass.net/lesindex.htm
  Poetry writing lesson plans.
  
  
• Shel Silvertein Poetry Activities
  http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/fiction/features/poetry/shel/
  Celebrate National Poetry Month with the works of Shel Silverstein. Activities in pdf format.
  
  
• Fern's Poetry Club
  http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/
  Click on What's a poem for the descriptions and samples of: a narrative poem, limericks, haiku, free verse, cinquains, and lyric poems.
  
  
• History of the Haiku
  http://www.big.or.jp/~loupe/links/enginx.shtml
  Includes: Tanka and Haiku poems.
  
  
• Robert Service
  http://www.internal.org/list_poems.phtml?authorID=10
  Biography and poems.
  Level: Intermediate, Senior
  
  
• Edward Lear's Home Page
  http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/
  Limericks and nonsense verse.
  
  
• Knowing Poe
  http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/default_flash.asp
  Biography information, his works, and primary source documents.
  
  
• The Highwayman
  http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/highwayman/
  The on-line poem has marked important literary devises.
  
  
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  http://eclecticesoterica.com/longfellow.html
  Collected poetry on-line.
  

Lesson Plans

• ETTC: Educational Technology Training Center
  http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
  Interactive Poetry Form Finder - Online entries of student ideas provide ready-made poems with different forms.
  
  
• Cildren's Guide to Poetry
  http://www.999inks.co.uk/children-guide-to-poetry.html
  Explantion to form of poetry with links.
  
  
• Poetry Teachers.com
  http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html
  Fill-in-the-blank poems, poetry forms, sample poems.
  
  
• Poetry Links
  http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/poetry_links.htm
  • Forms of Poetry
    
    
• Types of Poetry
  http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html
  Definitions and examples of poetry forms.
  
  
• Giggle Poetry
  http://www.gigglepoetry.com/index.aspx
  
  • Poetry Class - explanations of poem forms with examples
    
    
• Core Knowledge Lesson Plans
  http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/index.htm
  • Search - use search term 'poetry' for lessons
  • Poetry: the Essence of Life
    http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/01_8_PoetryEssence%20.pdf
    18 page lesson plan introducing many forms of poetry.
    
    
• Fooling With Words - with Bill Moyers
  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/foolingwithwords/
  Poetry lessons by Peter E. Murphy a high school teacher: "Memory is a kind of accomplishment", "Locked in with loss", and "Drop a poem into your class". Included on this site is a 31 page PDF teacher's guide which introduces a number of poets and their poems with questions and activities included. Read over How to Use This Guide on page 3 before starting the unit. These lessons and guide is written for grades 9-12.
  Level: Intermediate, Senior
  
  
• Poetry Explications
  http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html
  Ananlysis of a poem.
  
  
• How to Explicate a Poem
  http://wwwpp.uwrf.edu/~sl01/explcat.html
  A text-based to explore and explain poetry.
  
  
• Poetry
  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/poetry/
  Lesson plans, samples, poetic forms and rules.
  
  
• Poetry Scavenger Hunt
  http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/lesson2.htm
  Lesson plans and on-line scavenger hunt.
  
  
• Poetic Forms: The Triolet
  http://www.writing-world.com/poetry/triolet.shtml
  An explanation of the writing of the triolet poem.
  
  
• Poetry 180: A poem a day for American high schools
  http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
  Lists of poems by poet.
  • How to read a poem out loud
    
    
• Composing Cinquain Poems with Basic Parts of Speech
  http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=43
  Lesson plan including printable worksheets.
  
  
• Interactive look at Poe's 'The Raven'
  http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/raven/index.html
  This unit lets users view each stanza of the poem, pointing out Poe's use of some common literary devices: alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme. The devices are highlighted by colour in the first half of the poem. You are challenged to locate the literary devices in the last half of the poem.