What Is Poetry Tuesday?
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See Ms. Hamilton for the poem reflection form to help you explain why you chose the poem and to reflect upon it.
Resources for Finding Good Poems
- Academy of American Poets: Poems for Teens by Category/Topic (Links to an external site.)
- Common Lit (log in from Launchpoint and use the search tool to look for poems by genre…see Ms. Hamilton if you need help)
- Poetry Foundation (Links to an external site.)
- Poetry Out Loud (Links to an external site.) collections
- American Life in Poetry (Links to an external site.) (this is one of my favorite resources….it doesn’t look fancy, but there are many good poems here)
- Poetry 180 (Links to an external site.)
Writing Your Poetry Reflection
Be sure to explain why you chose the poem along with the following reflections (Links to an external site.):
Poetry Writing
- Writing a poem inspired by the poem “Abuelito Who” (Links to an external site.) (one of Ms. Hamilton’s favorites!)
- Creative Writing with Color Poems (Links to an external site.) (see Ms. Hamilton if you need the graphic organizer)
- Write a two voice poem about a book you and a friend are both reading OR a topic of interest–see me for the drafting templates.
- Write a list poem–see me for an example and the drafting template/planner (Links to an external site.).
- Writing a poem off a photograph (Links to an external site.).
- Where I’m From Poem Writing Planner (Links to an external site.); set 1 (Links to an external site.) of examples and set 2 (Links to an external site.) of examples.
- Writing a Series of 5 Cinquains (Links to an external site.)
- Things We Carry (Links to an external site.) poem
- Knock Knock (Links to an external site.) poem
- Lessons Learned (Links to an external site.) poem
- Another version of writing a list (Links to an external site.) poem
- Advice poem (Links to an external site.)
- Breakup Poem (Links to an external site.)
- This Is Just to Say Poem (Links to an external site.); inspiration poem (Links to an external site.)
- Conversation Poem (Links to an external site.)
- Wonder Women Poems (Links to an external site.) (celebrating the women of your life!)
- Nine Lives (Links to an external site.) Poem ( a nonet)
- Symbols and Extended Metaphors Poem (Links to an external site.) (super cool…not hard to do at all!)
- Gratitude Poem (Links to an external site.)
- Tanka Poetry (Links to an external site.)
- Haiku Poem (Links to an external site.) (graphic organizer can be printed for you by Ms. Hamilton–you’ll need to write 3)
- Best Gift (Links to an external site.) poem
- Hot Lines (Links to an external site.) poems
Poetry Terms and Definitions
- Poetry Terms and Examples (Links to an external site.) from Poetry Out Loud
- Poetry Foundation: (Links to an external site.) Glossary of Poetry Terms
- Writer’s Digest (Links to an external site.) Poetry Terms
- Scholastic List of Poetry Terms (Links to an external site.) (kid and parent friendly)
- Academy of American Poets (Links to an external site.) Glossy of Poetry Terms
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