Poetry Unit

Poetry is among another category in school that wasn't always my favorite thing. I never had the most confidence in poetry, in my head I wasn't good at it. I have learned that that is entirely not true. Throughout this unit I have been able to see that anyone can do poetry. Poetry doesn't have to rhyme. Poetry can be anything you want it to be. It was fun to come up with prompts and have other groups complete your prompt. That was a fun aspect as well. Not only was I able to create a prompt for another group to try out but I was able to get feedback as to how well it worked and what could work better. I am going to be in my own classroom one day and I am going to come to my poetry unit and I am going to remember back to this class and how I am capable of giving my students the opportunity to engulf their creative minds in the world of poetry.

Books I want to remember:

Love That Dog

Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry

Links:

Poetry Box Rules, from PBS NewsHour

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june00/poetryboxrules.html

Poetry Writing Practice

http://home.att.net/~teaching/langarts/poetry.pdf

Elements of Poetry

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/elements.html

Riddle Poem Features

http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson169/TermsHandout.pdf

Forms of Poetry for Children

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poeform.htm

Lesson Plans for Language Arts

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons