Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Bad Day
This single-stanza poem describes the bad day of an elf who has the job of a tailor.
TES Global
Tes: Three Poems (Narrative and Free Verse) Fossil, Stone Age and Iron Age
[Free Registration/Login Required] These narrative and free verse poems describe fossils, the Stone Age, and Iron Age. Entertaining graphic features accompany the poems.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Love Song
This poem describes the saving of a baby bird and analyzes what drew the desperate bird to her.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: To Stammering
This poem shares the pain experienced by a person who has a speech disorder.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Morning
This single-stanza poem shares the poet's happiness when her cat appears.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Nights
This three-stanza poem explains that she really does not want anything other than rest.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: The Grammar Lesson
This poem shares a humorous message about grammar rules.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Rules for the Bus" Poetry Theater: A Poem in Two Voices
This lesson includes a poem in two voices and is adapted from the poem by Eric Ode in Rolling in the Aisles, published by Meadowbrook Press. Young scholars will share the responsibility of reading lines of this poem about a boy who...
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Football Poems
This page provides links to a collection of poetry about football and its place in our hearts.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The Poetry of Maya Angelou
This primary source set includes photographs, illustrations, correspondence, interviews, and a sound recording that provides context for thematic elements in the poetry of Maya Angelou as well as her life.
TES Global
Blendspace: Poetry Power
A learning module with fifteen links to a slideshow, videos, texts, and websites on elements of poetry, figurative language, and different types of poetry.
TES Global
Blendspace: Poetry Tournament
A thirty-six part learning module on poetry including links to a glossary of terms, additional information about poetry, videos, and materials on several different poems including "Ballad of Birmingham," "Valentine for Ernest Mann,"...
TES Global
Blendspace: Poetry: 8th Grade Resources
A sixty-part learning module containing links to videos, activities, and information on poetry, various poetic forms, and several different poets.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Ish!" Poetry Theater
In "Ish!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child debates eating fish with his grandmother.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "I Call First!" Poetry Theater
In "I Call First!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Ted Scheu in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a student who wants to be the first in everything but learns...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "My Doggy Ate My Homework" Poetry Theater
In "My Doggy Ate My Homework," students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Dave Crawley in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a student who tells his teacher that his dog cooked...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Forgotten Planet
This poet reminisces about childhood as he listens to his daughter's lack of undertanding about the names of the all of the planets.
TES Global
Tes: Forms of Poetry
[Free Registration/Login Required] These Several lessons provide students with an understanding with different types of writing forms: calligram, cinquain, diamante, haiku, and narrative.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Gems of Poetry for Girls and Boys
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Gems of Poetry for Girls and Boys by Harrison Eastman and Henry Walker Herrick, a book of poetry for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Poetry for Children
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Poetry for Children by Lucy Aikin, a book of poetry for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Pretty Poems for My Children
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Pretty Poems for my Children, a book of poems for children.
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Creighton University: Sumerian Literature: Epic of Gilgamesh
Has a map, overview, and questions on The Epic of Gilgamesh. Especially useful for students studying for a test on the epic.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Ato Zteacherstuff: Dramatics With the Teaching of Poetry
This site from atozteacherstuff.com provides a lesson to help pupils develop an appreciation for poetry. This site will also will help create meaning from poetry.
American Indian Heritage Foundation
Aztec Poems: Indigenous Peoples' Literature
This site has some Aztec poems. These are excellent examples of Aztec poetry. Each one is very unique.
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