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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: David's Old Soul by Nikki Grimes

For Students 7th - 8th
Grimes is well known for her award-winning books written for children and young adults. The poem "David's Old Soul" appeared in her book One Last Word, a collection inspired by poems from the Harlem Renaissance that follow the "Golden...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Woodchuck

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This interactive features the tongue twister Woodchuck.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Periodic Table of Poetic Elements

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Each student will create a poem about an element on the periodic table. The poems will be placed in the appropriate "square" to create a large periodic table wall hanging. This project will require the collaborative work of several...
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eBook
English Verse

English Verse: William Wordsworth (1770 1850)

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of a number of Wordsworth's famous poems is available here, along with an abbreviated biography of his lengthy life.
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Website
Virginia Commonwealth University

American Transcendentalism Web: Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes a short biography of Emerson and links to related sites.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a biography of Goethe, a brief discussion of his most famous work, "Faust," and a list of the many versions of this work. Also includes a bibliography.
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Activity
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Edna St. Vincent Millay

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers thirty-eight pieces of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poetry.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Poems" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: The Bab Ballads

For Students 9th - 10th
An online book by W.S. Gilbert containing lyrics to many Bab Ballads.
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eBook
Luminarium

Luminarium: Lines Written Above Tintern Abbey

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From the full text of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the poem "Lines Written a Few Miles bove Tintern Abbey." Annotated.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "To Fool or Knave" Ben Jonson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "To Fool or Knave" Ben Jonson.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady of Parma" by Edward Lear

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and the audio of the limerick "There Was a Young Lady of Parma" by Edward Lear.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady Whose Chin" by Edward Lear

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Lady Whose Chin" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the limerick online or download it.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady Whose Eyes" by Edward Lear

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Lady Whose Eyes" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady Whose Nose" by Edward Lear

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Lady Whose Nose" by Edward Lear. You can listen to this poem online or download it.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Person of Bantry" by Edward Lear

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Person of Bantry" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Person of Crete" by Edward Lear

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and the audio of the poem "There Was a Young Person of Crete" by Edward Lear.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Lady of France" by Edward Lear

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Lady of France" by Edward Lear.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Lady Whose Folly" by Edward Lear

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Lady Whose Folly" by Edward Lear. You can listen to it online or download it.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man at a Junction" by Edward Lear

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man at a Junction" by Edward Lear.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man in a Barge" by Edward Lear

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man in a Barge" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
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Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man in a Marsh" by Edward Lear

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man in a Marsh" by Edward Lear. You can listen to it online or download it.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids: Fern's Poetry Club

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An excellent site for children about the definition, examples, and types of poetry. Students can click nodes such as "What's a Poem?", "Read More Poems," or even "Write a Poem."
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Our Baby's Chatterbox by Aunt Hattie

For Students 2nd - 3rd
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Our Baby's Chatterbox by Aunt Hattie (1884), an illustrated poem about winter.