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NASA

Nasa Quest: "Wright Ing" Prompt: Concrete Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from NASA Quest you can learn to write concrete poetry by using the Wright Brother's airplane as a prompt. What a great way to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the first flight!
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University of Oregon

University of Oregon: Diamante Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Do you know how to write a diamante poem? Check out this site to learn how to accomplish this task. This site features a lesson plan for writing poetry.
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University of Oregon

University of Oregon: Cinquain Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Discover how to write a cinquain poem when you visit this resource. This site features a sample of a cinquain and directions to create your own. Come and check out how much fun poetry can be.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Poetry

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A learning module that includes twenty-two links to videos, pictures, weblinks, charts, and activities about different types of poetry including couplet, cinquain, acrostic, diamante, limerick, free verse, lyric, narrative, concrete, and...
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Curated OER

Tango With Cows: Ferro Concrete Poems / Kamensky

For Students 9th - 10th
Russian artists and poets working during a turbulent decade in Russian history, the 1910s, produced books that combined visuals with short poems as an expression of their uncertainty about Russia's past, present, and future.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature:the Modern Poet: Luis J. Rodriguez

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Luis J. Rodriguez and his poem "The Concrete River." It features links to Rodriguez's biography and "The Concrete River." The text of the lesson provides a list of question about the poem that the students should...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: British Lit: 20th Century Postmodernism: t.s. Eliot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a lesson in a unit on 20th Century Postmodernism and focuses on the poety of T.S. Eliot including "The Waste Land" and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Links to each of these poems and a biography of Eliot are provided. It...
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Other

Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
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University of Washington

University Washington: Memory and Learning for Kids

For Students K - 1st
This University of Washington site includes interactive java-based games to test your memory. There are also lots of in-class activities for testing concentration and memory.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Race Problem, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem, an address, and a painting that illustrate black political struggle in late-nineteenth-century America. This series of resources characterize "the Negro Problem" as "a concrete test of the underlying principles of the great...

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