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Writing Poetry

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Demonstration Activities
 

 

Concrete Poetry a series of picture formats into which learners write their poem

 

 

Acrostic Poems a format to explain and create an acrostic poem

 

 

 

A set of 4 activities showing what limericks are and how to create your own

 

 

 

Diamante Poems an explanation with examples

 

Haiku explains how a haiku poem is constructed and a number of examples

 

 

Haiku Generator choose lines of a haiku poem from drop-down lists

 

Animals and Other Beasts an alphabetical listing of poems

Bedtime an alphabetical listing of poems

Folks and the things they do an alphabetical listing of poems

Food an alphabetical listing of poems

Holidays and Seasons an alphabetical listing of poems

Riddle Rhymes an alphabetical listing of poems

Rounds and Repeaters an alphabetical listing of poems

Weather and things around us an alphabetical listing of poems

 

A Smuggler's Song a poem to read

Charge of Light Brigade a poem to read loud

If by Rudyard Kipling a poem to read

Inchcape Rock a poem to read

Just So Stories by Kipling a series of poems

The Highwayman a poem to read

The Owl and the Pussy Cat a poem

 

 

An index of poems catalogued by form

 

 

An index of poems catalogued by theme

 

 

An index of poems covering many varied topics

 

 

Informs about different types of poetry - narrative limericks haiku free verse cinquain and lyric poems
 

 

 

Tongue Twisters a huge collection of tongue twisters

 

 

Create a Limerick a format grid with drop-down options to create your own limerick

 

 

Choose the lines of a limerick from sets of drop-down lists

 

 

Bananas for lunch a simple rhyming story

 

 

The Perfect Pet a simple rhyming online story

 

 

I went to the Animal Fair a song with words to sing along with

 

 

Poetry Index a collection of four poems

 

 

Although this is for 'Writing Riddle Poems' the structure would be useful for drafting any writing activity

 

 

Writing a Rap Powerpoint presentation explaining what it is, how it rhymes, the beat how to write one

 

Shape Poems gives learners a series of shape templates within which to write poetry

 

Line Break Explorer explains how this type of poem has been constructed create own from given words

 

Magnetic Words on a background for a variety of creative writing purposes

 
Practice Activities
 

 

Animal Rhyme an interactive rhyming story to be read or read for you
 

 

 

Playful Poetry choose the rhyming word which fits into the lines of poetry
 

 

 

Sebastian's Rhyme designed in book format learners choose words which rhyme

 

Poetry Idea Engine for Haiku explained and examples created

 

Poetry Idea Engine for limerick explained and examples created

 

Poetry Idea Engine for free verse explained and examples created

 

Poetry Idea Engine for cinquain explained and examples created

 
Extension Activities
 

Understanding Poetry read this verse carefully and then answer three questions about it

 

 

The Three Little Pigs an activity where learners input the missing rhyming words

 

 

The Gingerbread Man an activity where learners input the missing rhyming words

 

 

Read the poem one verse at a time answering the 3 questions then move to the next of 5 verses

 

 

Magnetic Poetry Words drop words onto the background for creative 'writing'

Magnetic Artist Words

Magnetic Genius Words

Magnetic Office Words

Magnetic Romance Words

 

Limerick create a limerick by placing lines of text in sequence

 

Haiku Magnetic Words choose a topic to produce a number of words to create a haiku poem

 

Writing Poetry create a poem by dropping lines of text into a framework

 
Testing Activities
 

 

Poem Types an excellent quiz where learners identify the type of poetry given
 

 

 

Poetry Quiz a 10 question quiz marked online

 

 

Syllables in Poetry Part 1 an activity counting the number of syllables in a line of poetry

 

 

Syllables in Poetry Part 2 an activity sorting the lines of a haiku into the correct order

 

 

Syllables in Poetry Part 3 an activity sorting the lines of a cinquain into the correct order

See Also
Writing in General Writing Poetry