Poetry sites you’ll love…by Fiona Beal from SchoolNetSA

fiona@schoolnet.org.za

A. Read Write Thinkhttp://www.readwritethink.org/

Write ‘poetry

interactives’ in the

search box

1. Theme or Shape poems

Choose your shape category

Choose your shape

Start writing

2. Diamante poems

Examples

They provide a page of instructions

Step by step process

Plenty of lesson

ideas for each group

3. Acrostic poems

This is how you print or save

4. Word mover poems

Option 1– your own words

Option 2– use their word banks

5. Letter poem creator

Step I - Write a short note

Step 2 – select words that stand out

Step 3 – break words into three ideas

Step 4 – Use line breaks

Many other types of interactives

B. Poetry engine from Scholastic

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/flash_pie.htm

Four kinds – Haiku, Limerick, Cinquain and Free Verse

Instructions are provided first and then the writing starts

C. Poem Generators from Oakdome http://oakdome.com/

‘Holiday poem’

generator

‘I am poem’

generator

D. Display poems on Microsoft PowerPoint

• Easily add clipart• Move everything around easily• PowerPoint can be changed to a portrait

orientation if desired• Easily add Word Art and different fonts for effect• Can be saved as a image or a PDF• Could put these images into one PDF, upload into a

free Youblisher.com e-book and share with parents

E. Laura Candler’s poetry pagehttp://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/literacy/poetry.php

D. Display media poems using Microsoft PhotoStory 3

• Find suitable royalty free images• Add background music created in Photostory3• Narrate into the photostory• Example:

http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/literacy/PDFPoetry/if%20I%20were%20in%20charge%20of%20the%20world.wmv

E. More Poetry Resources

• Poetry sites to get those words flowing – SchoolNet blog

• Open mic poetry – video and lesson plan from The Teaching Channel

• Poetry lessons for kids• Poetry at elementary school• Five reasons why we need poetry at school• Poetry lesson ideas

Thank you!