Want to write a poem, but don't think you know how? Staring at a blank page (or computer screen) may not be the best way to get your creative poetry writing juices flowing.
The English Room is designed to direct students to various locations on the Internet while learning.
Poetry helps struggling students learn to read.
Shadow Poetry is a writers' support site whose goal it is to help poets improve their writing skills and increase their knowledge of poetry forms.
In glossary format, Poets.org defines thirty poetic forms from "abecedarian" to "villanelle," but doesn't stop there.
"You can write poetry!" exclaims Marsha Rogers, and her thirty daily lessons (with titles such as "Month Metaphor" and "Diamonte") will show you how.
Kathi Mitchell, a language arts teacher from New Hampshire, shares a list of nineteen poetic forms for elementary students.
From "accent" to "verse," Infoplease defines nearly a hundred poetry terms and forms.
Poetic form refers to rules followed by different types of poems. The rules may describe the rhythm of the poem, the length of a poem, its rhyming scheme, the use of alliteration, or the poem's shape on a page. Don't know your cento from your cinquain?
Having access to the Internet is like having a printing press in your home, classroom or library. Now your children's poetic gems do not have to languish on the refrigerator door, they can be published. Family home pages and school Web sites both provide
For this week's review, I chose five fun poetry sites for kids of all ages. I've included a little bit of everything, from original verse published only on the Internet, to traditional nursery rhymes and well-known poets such as Ogden Nash. Next time, I
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