Poetry and Poets
Read Write Think Poetry Activities
Scroll down through the list of activities and you will find five poetry activities with supporting lesson plans. They are all excellent activities. Choose from: Acrostic Poems, Diamante Poems, Letter Poems, Shape poems, and Riddle poems
Verse Composer
Enter in the different parts of speech as asked for and generate your very own poems. There is a rhyming dictionary search option. You can also submit your own poems.
Fern's Poetry Club
Learn about different types of poems, write your own poem and submit if for publishing, and read a collection of poems.
Writing with the Senses - BrainPop Jnr
Learn about writing descriptively using all of your senses in with these cartoons and activities. Very good quality activities (now requires subscription)
Scholastic Poetry Writing
Step by step workshops with popular authors
Annie's Rhyme Time
Solve the riddles using two word answers that rhyme with each other.
DIY Poetry
Write your own poems using set words in the 'fridge magnet' style based on different themes and either email them to a friend or post them to the BBC site.
Lesson Plan on Teaching Quintets
This plan was designed for working with special needs children but I'd happily use it with primary aged children.
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Best New Zealand Poetry
While these collections are written for adults, it could still be useful with upper primary aged children
KidzPage
A huge number of poems written by other children and classic childrnen's poems.
Shadow Poetry - Types of Poetry
While it won't be appropriate to share all of the poems used as examples, this is a very thorough
Poet's Corner
This is a collection of poems from a HUGE number of poets but the site is not aimed at children and many of the poems would better suit secondary rather than primary. Still, this could be a very useful resource.
Kids Zone Poetry Resources
A large number of poems are linked to from here as well as some poetry worksheets in the poetry projects.
Poems Read by their Authors
Here poems in the voices of the authors. There are some very well-known contemporary poets in this list.
Giggle Poetry
A large range of poems to read where you can rate how funny they are using the Giggle Metre. There is also advice on how to write your own poetry and poetry theatre.
Children's Poetry Archive
This site is very well presented and contains a huge number of poems as well as some information about well-known poets.
Fizzy Funny Fuzzy
A fun collection of poems for children.
While these collections are written for adults, it could still be useful with upper primary aged children
KidzPage
A huge number of poems written by other children and classic childrnen's poems.
Shadow Poetry - Types of Poetry
While it won't be appropriate to share all of the poems used as examples, this is a very thorough
Poet's Corner
This is a collection of poems from a HUGE number of poets but the site is not aimed at children and many of the poems would better suit secondary rather than primary. Still, this could be a very useful resource.
Kids Zone Poetry Resources
A large number of poems are linked to from here as well as some poetry worksheets in the poetry projects.
Poems Read by their Authors
Here poems in the voices of the authors. There are some very well-known contemporary poets in this list.
Giggle Poetry
A large range of poems to read where you can rate how funny they are using the Giggle Metre. There is also advice on how to write your own poetry and poetry theatre.
Children's Poetry Archive
This site is very well presented and contains a huge number of poems as well as some information about well-known poets.
Fizzy Funny Fuzzy
A fun collection of poems for children.
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