Poetry Place
April is National Poetry Month. Using the following links explore the
wonderful world of words in poems that will make you smile!
Internet Links
1. The link below transports you to the Giggle Poetry site.
When you click on that link you'll be brought to its homepage.
Directly under the title of this website is a blue box with lots
of links. Please click on the School Poems link (its on
the right-hand side of the page).
Now find the link that says Homework poems.
Click on the underlined words at say "Show me all the poems."
Click on the poem entitled "Freddie."
Read the entire poem twice. Once to yourself and then once out
loud.
What does Freddie do that is quite unusual? Who is Freddie?
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
2. Select the interview with Eileen Spinelli (left side of the
page). You will see a Question (Q) and Answer (A) format; we
call it a Q & A for short and it provides us with a lot of great
information about this author.
Read the Q and A carefully.
Now write down three interesting facts that you learned about
this person.
Bonus: Who is Eileen Spinelli married to and what does her
husband do for a living?
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/askpoet.aspx
3. Click on this link to read the poem, The Marvelous Homework
and Housework Machine and read it.
After reading the poem, what's the one thing this incredible
machine won't do?
http://www.poetry4kids.com/poem-286.html
4. Scroll down the title of Kristine O'Connell George's books.
Click on the book of poetry entitled The Great Frog Race to
begin.
Then click on the link that says, Tadpole Ranching!
Read the poem on the left hand side of the page called, Polliwogs
and draw a picture of what you think these creatures look like.
Click on the link that says FROGLAND and then the link that says,
Weird Frog Facts.
Find out what the difference is between a frog and a toad.
What descriptive words best describe these animals?
Write at least four different words!
http://www.kristinegeorge.com
5. Janet S. Wong is a great poet too.
Read the poem on this page. Where is the bee having breakfast?
In the first paragraph, the author tells us about other poems in
the book that describe items that buzz. What are they? Add one
additional item of your own.
http://www.janetwong.com/books/buzz.cfm
6. Magnetic Poetry awaits you!
This is an interactive site where you are invited to work with
magnetic poetry.
Click on the icon next to I'm a poet. . .
These are rhyming poems for you to unravel.
Try unscrambling The Kitten; Hint: How does every sentence begin?
Where are the rhyming words usually found?
Write your own poem now.
To check your work, return to the top of the page. Scroll down to
the bottom where you will find directions for finding the
unscrambled versions of the poems.
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/scramble.htm
7. Read down the menu on the yellow border on the left side of
the screen.
Click on Little Pencil and read to find out what is worrying the
poet.
Return to the Home Page and click on the Poetry List.
Read three different poems. Write down the title of the poem you
liked the best.
Explain why in just one sentence.
http://www.imaginesongs.com
8. There is wonderful poetry to be read at this site.
Click on page 3 and read the poem The Quarter. Do you agree with
the way the child spent that quarter?
What would you have done?
Return to the Home Page and click on page 5.
Find the poem entitled The Key and read it.
What would you want the key to open?
http://www.barkingspiderspoetry.com/index.html
9. Try writing your own poetry with help from this great site.
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/
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