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3rd - 5th Grade Language Arts
Poetry Focus

Poetry Elements

Lesson Resources

Poetry Resources

Poetry Form

Haiku, Limerick, Riddle Poems, Free Verse, Lyrical

Compiling Poetry Collections and Working Definition of Poetry

Discovering Poetic Form using Concrete Poems

What Makes Poetry? Exploring Line Breaks

Reading, Writing, Reciting Exciting Poetry!

Haiku Resources

Example of 4th Grade Website

Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading and Writing

How to Write Haiku, Name Poem, "I Am" Poem, Cinquain and Diamante Poem

Forms of Poetry for Children

Elements of Poetry

Similes, Metaphors and Figurative Language

Poetry as We See It
Definitions and examples of poetic elements. From ThinkQuest

Exploring Language - Making Comparisons

Similes - Description and quiz.

Elements of Poetry - from Virtual Lit

Figurative Language and Poetry: An Interactive Exploration

Poetry Analysis Website

Poetry Analysis Checklist

Sounds of Poetry

Alliteration, Rhythm, and Rhyming Patterns

How to Write a Limerick

Play with Rhyme and Verse

Writing Riddle Rhymes with Jean Marzollo

Alliteration All Around

Content

How does poetry help us understand a culture or an historical period?

Why Do We Remember Revere?

Astronomy Poetry: Combining Poetry with Content Areas

The Poet's Voice: Langston Hughes and You

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Nonsense Poetry and Whimsy

Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi":Mixing Facts and Fiction

"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi":Mixing Words and Pictures

Poetry and the Planets : Poems Written based on NASA photographs

Rainforest Poem - Example

General Resources

Poetry Idea Engine

Poetry Class - Provides Grade-Level Specific Lessons

Writing with Writers Website from Scholastic

Great Poems to Teach

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