TES Global
Blendspace: Poetry
A learning module that includes twenty-two links to videos, pictures, weblinks, charts, and activities about different types of poetry including couplet, cinquain, acrostic, diamante, limerick, free verse, lyric, narrative, concrete, and...
TES Global
Blendspace: Limericks
A twelve-part learning module with links to images, videos, and texts to use while learning about limericks.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Types of Poems
Explores poetry terms and the different types of poetry.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Poetry Introduction
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces several types of poetry, gives the elements and examples of each type. The types of poetry include color poetry, limericks, free verse, and couplets.
Other
David James: Limerick
Move the five limerick parts into the correct order to create a completed poem. After three examples, students are encouraged to write their own limerick.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Learning About Limericks
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches the poetry form of a limerick. Students determine the characteristics by analyzing sample limericks for rhyming pattern, line length and stressed syllables. As assessment,...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Types of Poetry
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces a variety of poem types to students. It contains various forms of poetry with example poems.
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...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: There Once Was...
Part 2 of this tutorial on limerick writing demonstrates the importance of form (meter and rhyme) in limerick poetry using the exemplary and amusing work of Edward Lear.
University of Oregon
University of Oregon: Pizzaz!
Come and check out this incredible resource from the University of Oregon. This site features links to creative-writing for poetry and fiction, as well as other teacher resources.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "The Floating Old Man" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the limerick "The Floating Old Man" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady of Norway" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the limerick "There Was a Young Lady of Norway" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man in a Tree" by Edward Lear
[This site offers the text and audio of the limerick "There Was an Old Man in a Tree" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Dee Side" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and the audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Dee-side" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Dumbree" by Edward Lear
This site features the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Dumbree" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Girl of Majorca" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site provides the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Girl of Majorca" by Edward Lear.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady of Hull" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Lady of Hull" by Edward Lear.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Corfu" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Corfu" by Edward Lear.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Hong Kong" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Hong Kong" by Edward Lear.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Peru" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Peru" by Edward Lear.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady of Portugal" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This is the text for a limerick entitled "There was a Young Lady of Portugal" by Edward Lear.
University of Pennsylvania
U Penn: Poetic Terms and Types
Click on these terms for an excellent definition of these poetic terms, some from the Oxford English Dictionary. Includes types of poetry as well as terms.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady Whose Chin" by Edward Lear
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.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady of Parma" by Edward Lear
[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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