P O E T R Y *

    Many of the Web sites listed have audio clips so that students can have a powerful
    experience of hearing poetry not just aloud but often read by the poets themselves.

GRADES: 4 - 8

  Children's Guide to Poetry
• what is a poem?
• defines: Limerick - Haiku - A Cinquain poem - A Sonnet
• provides > Poetic Tips Activities

  Forms of Poetry for Children
• provides links to reviewed sites
• functions as a source for elementary and middle school teachers,
  librarians, and parents
• is an easy-to-use reference site for students, offering
  curriculum-related Web sites
• topics include: Forms of Poetry, Poetry in the Classroom, Selected
  Poetry E-Texts, and Poetry Bibliographies

  Janet Wong
• a selection of stories and poems for students to read
• appropriate for grades three to six

  Kristine O'Connell George
• a rich and generous source for students and teachers
  
• graphic presentation is attractive and easy to follow
  
• > For Students section includes links to Middle School Musings

  Scholastic's Writing with Writwers - Poetry
• > Recommended for Grades 1 - 4 by Jack Prelutsky
• > Recommended for Grades 4 - 8 by Karla Kuskin
• > Recommended for Grades 2 - 5 by Jean Marzollo

• each author's page provide: a biography of the poet, an example
  of the work, and activities to get students writing
• included is an extensive teacher's guide for each of the authors
• provides a curricular framework and objectives
• students may send their poetry to be selected for publication

  Surfing the Net with Kids: Virtual Poetry
• contains this simple interactive game that mimics poetry created
  with magnets
• using their mouse, children can have fun moving around blue
  rectangles of cut-out words to create their own poetry
• completed poems can be e-mailed to family and friends.

  
  

GRADES: 9 - 12

  Poetry Written by Teens

• offers more than 2000 poems from around the world
• students can join the forum and comment on the work
  of their peers   SLJ Fall 2004, p 68

M E G A S I T E S

  The American Verse Project - University of Michigan

• electronic archive of American poetry prior to 1920
• searchable by: author, title, first line, keywords, and proximity
  and Boolean strategies

  Bartleby.com
• named "Best Resource" for 2002
  
• contains 1000s of poems by 100s of authors
  
• lists several anthologies including The Oxford Book of
  English Verse with 883 poems spanning six centuries of English-
  Language poetry
  
• indexes poems chronologically and by author, title, and first line.

  Poet's Corner

G E N E R A L   S I T E S

  The American Academy of Poets

  Favorite Poem Project - Boston University & Library Congress

  Fooling with Words

  Poetry Daily

  Teachers & Writers Collaborative

  Wordsmiths: an Anthology of Writing by Teens

H A I K U   S I T E S

  A Haiku Home Page

  The Haiku Society of America

  Links to Haiku Sites !!!

   

* selected from netCONNECT Summer 2002 - p. 41 - 42

Wolfhard Touchard, M. L. S. Reference & Database Librarian Andrews University - updated September 2009