Poetry Place
QueSPER Research Plan Poetry Work Plan Note-taking Worksheets
Do-It-Yourself Poetry Center
- Read Shakespeare's Sonnet #18 and write your own version.
- Can you answer these Mother Goose Riddles? Can you make up your own?
- Each letter of this illustrated ABC alludes to a Mother Goose rhyme. Do you know the rhyme? If not, try The Real Mother Goose. Click here for some answers.
- Forms of Poetry for Children. Explore this poetry. Choose a poem and write one like it.
- What is Poetry? Read the definitions and decide which ones you like best. Write your own definition for poetry.
- Create a poem with Magnetic Poetry. Click on the "PLAY" button and have a great time creating your own poem.
Books and References
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Frost, Robert. Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening; illus. by Susan Jeffers. New York: Dutton, 2001.
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Hiawatha; illus. by Susan Jeffers. New York: Dial Books for Young People, 1983.
- Milne, A. A. Now We Are Six; with decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. New York: Dutton, 1988.
- Milne, A. A. When We Were Very Young; with decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. New York: Dutton, 1992.
- Myers, Walter Dean. Harlem illus. by Christopher Myers. New York: Scholastic, 1997. (Caldecott Honor Winner)
- Nelson, Marilyn. Carver: a Life in Poems. Ashville, NC: Front Street, 2001.
- Noyes, Alfred. The Highwayman; illus. by Charles Keeping. New York: Oxford University press for Children, 1999. (Kate Greenaway Medal Winner)
- Paraskevas, Betty. Gracie Graves and the Kids from Room 402; illus. by Michael Paraskevas. New York: Harcourt, 1995.
- Richards, Laura E. Tirra Lirra: Rhymes Old and New; illus. by Marguerite Davis. Boston: Little Brown, 1955.
- Ridlon, Marci. That Was Summer. n.p.: Wilcox & Follett, 1969.
- Shakespeare, William. Complete Sonnets. New York: Dover, 1991.
- Service, Robert W. The Cremation of Sam McGee; paintings by Ted Harrison. New York: Greenwillow, 1986.
- Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses; illus. by Gyo Fujikawas. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1985.
Other Pages in this Resource
- Poetry Work Plan Sheet for this Site
- Poetry Page One
- What is Poetry?
- Types of Poetry
- Poetic Language
- Famous Poets
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