Curated OER
Poetry Vocabulary
Consisting of a thorough and straightforward list of poetry terminology, the first part of this presentation would be a good introduction to a poetry unit, or a review for an upcoming poetry project. The list of terms is quite extensive,...
Curated OER
Plot the Oysters' Peril!
Use comic strips to teach sequencing in narrative poetry. As homework, each class member selects a comic strip with 4-8 frames, cuts the frames apart, places the pieces in an envelope, and brings the envelope to class. Class members swap...
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Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Evil Lurks [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for a suspenseful piece, Evil Lurks, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Giving Tree [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Shel Silverstein's narrative poem, The Giving Tree, is provided on these pages. Thirteen character roles are needed in this activity.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Ludovico Ariosto
The biography on this Italian poet is thorough and contains a selected bibliography.
Other
Lexiconic.net: Elements of Poetry
This resource explains how to approach an analysis of a poem. It discusses assumptions people may have, the importance of reading it closely before analyzing it, looking at the stanza structure, the type of poem, the sound patterns,...
Other
Centre for Literacy in Primary Education: Poetryline: Poetic Forms and Devices
An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: One Day a Woman
This single-stanza poem tells a story from the poet's imagined news story.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Fairy Mary's Dream by A. F. L.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Fairy Mary's Dream by A. F. L. [1870], a narrative poem about a dream.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Three Sons in Law by Johann Karl August Musaus
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Three Sons-in-Law by Johann Karl August Musaus (1861), a long illustrated poem about her three sons-in-law.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Smart Math and Writing
In this lesson, the poem "Smart" from Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein, is used as the mentor text. Students will write a map of the poem and then analyze it to discover what happened when trades with money were made and...
TES Global
Tes: Three Poems (Narrative and Free Verse) Fossil, Stone Age and Iron Age
[Free Registration/Login Required] These narrative and free verse poems describe fossils, the Stone Age, and Iron Age. Entertaining graphic features accompany the poems.
Read Works
Read Works: All in a Week
[Free Registration/Login Required] This poem discusses the adventures taken while reading during a single week. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
Other
University of North Carolina: Glossary of Literary Terms
This site is provided for by the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Over forty literary terms defined by college students, each with thorough examples.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms F R
The second of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, F - R, covers forty-seven terms from "Fable," to "Romance."
Other
The Lancaster Grid for Learning: Narrative Poem: The Highwayman
A complete text of the narrative poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes.
TES Global
Blendspace: Narrative Poetry
An eight-part learning module with links to texts, videos, websites, an image with examples and analysis of narrative poetry.