Spark your creativity with a month of poetry writing prompts to use in 2023. Participate in a 'poem a day' challenge this month with these 30 poetry prompts to inspire you to write.
Do you hate to teach poetry? Do you want your students to learn and enjoy poetry? Try these simple ways to learn how to teach poetry...
Roundup with lots of Montessori-inspired poetry activities for a poetry unit or for individual poetry activities at home or in the classroom.
How To Write A Poetry Book In 12 Simple Steps Table of Contents Set up your writing space. Starting (and finishing) a poetry book is a long-term commitment. You will spend many hours cultivating your poetry collection, so one of the most important considerations is where you will write. People organise their writing spaces differently, [...]
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Unleash your inner Robert Frost or Maya Angelou. Get paid to write poetry with these top sites that compensate you for your creative verses.
Our limerick worksheet is sure to tickle your kid's funny bone! This limerick exercise teaches them how to write a limerick.
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I love poetry and I want to share how I break down my poetry unit and teach different poetic forms. The upper elementary and middle school years are a great time to dive in and get kids excited about poetry!
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June 2, 2016 The popular app Poetics is free today and only for a limited period of time. Poetics provides students with a powerful tool to combine imagery and words to create expressive poems and engage in creative poetry writing activities. Similar to Poetics, we curated five more interesting iPad apps you can use with your students in class to enhance their poetry learning. Check them out and share with us your feedback. Enjoy 1- Poetics- create, write and share visual poetry ‘Poetics is a visual poetry app that combines moveable text with photographic imagery.Take a picture and write anything you feel, whether a poem, one word or a caption. Or start with text and add an image later. At the touch of a finger, words playfully collide and interact, giving a physical feeling and connection as you scale, rotate, lift and drop them.’ 2- POETRY from The Poetry Foundation ‘With the Poetry Foundation's universal iOS app, you can now take thousands of poems by classic and contemporary poets with you wherever you go. From William Shakespeare to César Vallejo to Heather McHugh, the Poetry Foundation's app turns your phone, iPod Touch or iPad into a mobile poetry library’ 3- Poetry Daily ‘Poetry Daily is an anthology of contemporary poetry. Each day, we bring you a new poem from new books, magazines, and journals, chosen from the work of a wide variety of poets to provide you with a window on the broad range of poetry offered annually by publishers large and small.’ 4- Poetry Everywhere ‘ Poetry Everywhere is a collection of short poetry videos featuring contemporary poets reading their own works, introduced by Garrison Keillor. It’s pure poetry! With easy navigation, this app is a sure way to provide reflection and inspiration.’ 5- Glossary of Poetry Terminology ‘Poetry Glossary provides you a comprehensive list of terms related to Poetic terminology with its short description/meaning which guides you in understanding the terminology better.’ 6- Poetry Creator | Verses - Poetry, Poems & Poets ‘Ever wonder what it would be like to mash-up a Shakespeare poem with a Hip Hop Song? Verses is a new iPhone and iPad app that puts a fresh spin on a cherished classic: refrigerator magnet poetry. We built this app to set your creativity ablaze with Verses's limitless word mixing possibilities that allow you to become a kind of dictionary DJ. After creating a poem out of your own personal mix of dictionaries, you can send your creation to friends via email or publish it in your Facebook photo album! (network connectivity required)’. Follow us on : Twitter, Facebook , Google plus, Pinterest This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).
Here are five daily creative writing exercises that you likely won't see repeated across the internet. Try them and soak up the inspiration.
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Poetry haiku ideas to get students reading and writing poetry. Use this template to teach learners how to write a haiku.
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Have your students ever described poetry as boring or confusing? It is common for them to feel overwhelmed by poetry because it is so different from other styles of writing. In order for students to move past this attitude, they need to feel confident in their ability to read and write poetry. In this blog post, you will learn how you can instill the love of poetry in high school students. I will also share some of my students' favorite activities for teaching poetry in high school.
If you're doing a poetry unit and you want a quick hook, a writing assignment to help students start enjoying poetry in just half an hour, it's time to try blackout poetry. Read through this quick post to give you tips and ideas for using blackout poetry successfully with your ELA students.
10 Minute Poetry Mini Lessons Makes Poetry Easy for Students and the Teacher! Don't second guess teaching poetry anymore! These quick, easy to follow mini lessons will expose your students to a wide variety of poems, introduce and review literary elements, and encourage students to write their own poetry! And the lessons only take about 10 minutes a day. The 24 included poems will give you enough poems for 1 a day for a poetry month or unit focus, or there's plenty here to get you through your school year (some of the extra activities for the poems can extend to a 2 day lesson). It's perfect! Keep printing simple - each poem and student analysis/activity is on a single page. You only need one page a day for students. No need to fumble with multiple pages of copying. Teacher directions are on half page cards in a simple to follow format. Easy-peasy! Stop in at The Owl Spot to get your 10 Minute Poetry Mini Lessons and get started teaching poetry with confidence! Check out these other poetry resources, too! Poetry made easy! From The Owl Spot on Teachers Pay Teachers www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/the-owl-spot If you want great classroom and digital teaching ideas, make sure to sign up for my newsletters! Not only will you get valuable tips for teaching, there's always FREEBIES!
As Spring Break approaches, I find that my fifth graders are in need of some reminders as to what it means to be kind to each other. In general, they are sweet kids, but at times the words they use and actions they take, particularly on the playground, aren't the kindest. Our read aloud for the month is Wonder by RJ Palacio so the theme of kindness fit right into our room. It just so happens that a new book, We're All Wonders by RJ Palacio, a picture book intended for younger readers to access the story, came out this week as well. So the timing was perfect. (the two links above are my affiliate links and will take you to Amazon to buy the books.) I began by asking the students what kindness is. We brainstormed a list of ideas and created an anchor chart. Then I read the picture book to the students. Because we had just finished Wonder, they were so excited to read this new version. When we finished, I asked the kids to think of all the ways, in both the picture book and the novel, that people were not very kind to Auggie (the main character). The kids were able to fill our entire circle map in no time. It was easy to recall how people would scream in his face, recoiling at the way he looked. They remembered the names Auggie was called and the no-touching game that was played. The instantly told me about all the awful things that happened to him. I then asked the kids to brainstorm ways that, if they were in the novel with Auggie, they could be kinder to him. Again, they had no problem thinking of ways they could be kind to Auggie. Next, I asked the students to think about their own real life. I asked them to reflect upon how they personally treat others and how they personally could make better choices when speaking to others. Here is where things got a little challenging. You see, when students are talking about fictional characters, or reading news stories about OTHER kids they don't know being treated unfairly or unkindly, they know exactly what they would do if they were there. Because they aren't there. They know they never will be there. But when confronted with their own lives, and real possibilities for what they would have to do to step in or change situations, it is a bit harder for them. So I asked them to brainstorm 15 different ways they PERSONALLY could show kindness to our classmates. (I drew a lot of inspiration for this next part from Study All Knight's FREE Kindness unit, which you can grab here.) The students then used tempra paint and painted 15 (or so) rainbow sunshine rays. They also drew their own Wonder-Inspired portrait. (I have previously done this before, but had them focus on precepts and writing....if you would like to do that, click here. It is one of my fav lessons too!) The students then glued their Wonder portraits into the middle of the rays, used Sharpie to outline and write the 15 ways they could show real kindness in their lives (one way per ray) and were done. They came out amazing. (See the picture at the top of the post!) What is better though, is that the past two days, my students are actively trying to be kinder to each other. They are watching their words. I have seen people purposefully go up to those who tend to wander during group time and invite them into the group. I have seen students smile at others just a bit more. It truly has been a Wonder. Right now, for a limited time, Amazon has the book available for $3.99!!! Snag up to 4 copies at that price. Use my affiliate link here to get your copy ASAP before they are all gone!! SaveSave
