Poetry Blender http://www.imagechef.com/ic/blender/ Poetry Blender
This fun tool lets you combine text, symbols and photos.
Enter text you want on the right, and pick photos clicking the photo boxes on the left.
Lit2Go http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/ Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format.
You can:
Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.
For a screencast turoial visit http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/march2011/
Inkpotamus http://www.inkpotamus.com Inkpotamus
Funny poems and animations on unusual topics from science, history and mathematics for the amusement of thoughtful kids and adults
LA-based Street Poets http://ow.ly/Iuzs LA-based Street Poets
With the motto of "One Street, One Heartbeat, One Love," LA-based Street Poets teaches young people how to develop their poetic voice and share their feelings about life on the street, in schools, and in juvenile detention facilities. By giving them an artistic outlet for expression, Street Poets empowers Los Angeles County youth to transcend self-destructive lifestyles and creatively transform both lives and communities.
The War Poets Exhibition in Second Life http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/secondlife The War Poets Exhibition in Second Life
This immersive experience attempts to demonstrate how effective it can be to expose items from a research project (the First World War Poetry Digital Archive) in its context.
You can see items from the collection, hear interviews with veterans, and watch contemporary film footage as you explore the area - a training camp, communication trench, a casualty clearing station, a front-line trench - as well as listen to readings of the poetry.
Kids Feel the Power of Poetry in Performance http://www.edutopia.org/poetry-slam-global-writes Kids Feel the Power of Poetry in Performance
Slam poetry, a blend of literature and performance that culminates in live competitions called slams, is transforming these students from reluctant, shy, or diffident learners into passionate artists. It is helping teachers not just teach writing but also build confidence.
And, with the help of videoconferencing, it is connecting students across the country (US), inspiring them to compete at a high level and envision a future beyond school.
Short Poems-Marinela Reka http://marinelareka.com Mostly poetry for kids, with a lot of meaning.
Poems of all sorts, like: Short, Scary, Funny, Family, Friendship,Seasons, Animals, Haiku, Cute, Cinquain, Limericks, Mask, Teen, Love, Heart Broken, War, Acrostic Poems, Imagination and a lot more ...
Poetry : Video Tutorials http://www.videojug.com/tag/poetry Poetry : Video Tutorials
Rhyme, rhythm, metre, stanza... poetry can seem like a foreign language sometimes.
VideoJug is here to translate, with a bite-size guide to understanding poetry plus expert tips on how to write poetry from the mouth of professional, much-loved British poet Michael Rosen. Poetry for special occasions, poetry for children, how to self-publish your poems and more...
Academic Earth: Poetry video lectures http://www.academicearth.org/subjects/english/category:46 Academic Earth, 1,000s of video lectures from the world's top scholars.
We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars.
Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and create an environment in which that content is remarkably easy to use and in which user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable.
Poetry Lessons Listed at the Primary School website http://tinyurl.com/6bx7mz Poetry Lessons Listed at the Primary School website
Poetry in schools ... UK OFSTED Report Dec 07 http://tinyurl.com/2d3zqn Poetry in schools ... UK OFSTED Report Dec 07
The report evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of provision for poetry in primary and secondary schools. It does so at a time of significant change in the English curriculum, and when issues such as creativity and the place of functional skills are being vigorously discussed. It describes good practice and includes examples of pupils' poetry.
Dream Time Poetry http://www.dreamtimepoetry.com A collection of poetry designed to mark the author’s own insightful journey through the complexities of life as well as to enlighten and provoke thought for the reader.
What is poetry? http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2753 What is poetry?
Open University (UK) free online course and course materials. (12 hours)
This unit introduces common techniques underlying free verse and traditional forms of poetry, and how it is necessary to use these techniques in order to harness what T.S. Eliot called the ‘logic of the...
Poetry Video Blog http://poetryvlog.com/ Poetry Video Blog
A weekly video reading of poetry by the poet.
Zafusy Experimental Poetry Journal http://www.zafusy.com Zafusy Experimental Poetry Journal
Online journal for contemporary poetry edited by Jody Porter.
Sports Poetry in Motion http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=920 "A Race with Grace: Sports Poetry in Motion" (3-5)
In this lesson, students explore the grace and beauty of motion in a variety of sports. Examining examples from their own experiences and from popular media, students learn about the aesthetic elements of athletics. They then write in reflective journals, view and interpret media, conduct Internet research, take digital photographs, and create original poems.
The IPL Poetry Open Mic Wiki : Teen Poetry Wiki http://www.ipl.org/div/teenpoet/ The IPL Poetry Open Mic Wiki : Teen Poetry Wiki
The IPL TeenSpace Poetry Wiki is a community-friendly place for teens to:
-post their poems
-receive peer responses
-try their hand at individual and group exercises
-add a line to our daily Exquisite Corpse
-and learn about some of the greatest poets from Antiquity until the 20th century.
PoemMaker : free software to download (Windows) http://www.ihsan.biz/#poemmaker PoemMaker : free software to download (Windows)
This program helps you write poems from selected key words. Uses soundex for rhyming sentences. Great fun. Easy to use.
Shape Poems : Online Interactive Tool http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=44 Shape Poems : Online Interactive Tool
In this online tool, elementary students can write poems about different shapes. Elements of the writing process are also included.
A shape poem is a poem that describes an object and is written in the shape of the object.
In this online tool, elementary students can choose a shape (e.g., an apple or a balloon) and write poems about the shape. By selecting a shape, students are learning how to focus their writing on a particular topic.
In addition, as part of the online tool, students are prompted to brainstorm, write, and revise their poems, thus reinforcing elements of the writing process.
Students can also print their finished shape poems, cut and color them, and display them in the classroom or at home.
Diamante Poems : Online Interactive Tool http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=53 Diamante Poems : Online Interactive Tool
In this online tool, students can learn about and write diamante poems, which are diamond-shaped poems that use nouns, adjectives, and gerunds to describe either one central topic or two opposing topics (for example, night/day or winter/spring).
Examples of both kinds of diamante poems can be viewed online or printed out. Because diamante poems follow a specific format that uses nouns on the first and last lines, adjectives on the second and fourth lines, and gerunds in the third and fifth lines, this online tool has numerous word-study applications.
Acrostic Poems : Online Interactive Tool http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp Acrostic Poems : Online Interactive Tool
This online tool enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included.
An acrostic poem uses the letters in a word to begin each line of the poem. All lines of the poem relate to or describe the main topic word. In addition, as part of the online tool, students are prompted to brainstorm, write, and revise their poems, thus reinforcing elements of the writing process. Students can also print their finished acrostic poems.
Poetry Teachers http://www.poetryteachers.com/ Poetry Teachers
How to teach poetry | poetry class | lesson plans | poetry contests | school poems | poetry theater | poetry fun | authors in school visits |
'eye' poetry journal http://www.watchtheeye.com The poetry journal for editors and underground poets has now explanded into an interactive community where both groups can meet, get inspired, and get published.
| Eye | Ear | Music | Poetry |
Poets.Org http://www.poets.org Welcome to poets.org! Visitors to the award-winning website of The Academy of American Poets can find hundreds of essays and interviews about poetry, biographies of more than 500 poets, over 1700 poems, and audio clips of one hundred poems read by their authors or other poets.
Poets.org also allows visitors to create their own anthologies of content from our site. Log in and create a Notebook, then fill it with poems, bios, audio clips, and essays to which you wish to return.
Childrens Poems http://PicturesRhymes.com Childrens Poems and Illustrations by Ted Alva Reilly
The Little Girl Who Flew | The Dancing Pancake | Reba the Amoeba | The Merry-Go-Round with a Frown |
Poem Maker (free software to download) http://www.mape.org.uk/activities/index.htm Poem Maker
For KS1/2. Poem Maker chooses words randomly from lists and arranges them in phrases.
Poem Maker encourages children to research words and think about parts of speech and produces a printable end product.
Download Poem Maker to install on your computer.
Poets Pantry Virtual Field Trip http://www.tramline.com/lit/poet/index.htm Poets Pantry Virtual Field Trip
When elementary students tackle simple rhymes and funny verses initially, their fear of poetry subsides. They form an understanding of its lighter side, making it much easier for them to grasp the more complicated themes that are later presented. When they have finished this tour, students will have met a few of the best writers of children? poetry through their work. The experience is designed to help set a foundation of interest in poetry that will last a lifetime.
Objectives :
To introduce styles of poetry | To read and study poems by famous poets | To appreciate the beauty of poetry | To interpret poetry | To become comfortable with the poetic form | To enjoy humorous poetry |
Giggle Poetry http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryfun.cfm Giggle Poetry
Poetry Race | Poetry Theater | Rhyme-Time Riddles | Fill-in-the-Blank Poems | How to Delay Your Bedtime | Smoker's Epitaph Poems | My New Pet |
Giggle Poetry - KS2 http://tinyurl.com/375by Giggle Poetry - KS2
An online resource which features a range of humourous poems and activities based around them
Year 6 text level work ?fiction and poetry ?Reading comprehension