poetry

POETRY STUFF

erk.. who has ever been silly enough to say to a group of kids "Its POETRY time"???

maybe you would have been silly enough or perhaps be guilty of doing it once .. but doubt if you would have a second time.. UNLESS...........

you've d/loaded or obtained some stuff from places like this.. cause poetry can be fun !!

POEMS, PUNS AND PROSE

Collection of poems ..including "jaberwocky" .. a cool one about the weather.. and several others

Collection 2 a follow on to the above link..

a different version of "the nite before christmas" - mum's will love it

now for the real version of Moores "night before christmas"

"the highwayman" the great ballad by noyes

"my country" by dorothea mckellar - excellent look at the aussie landscape

"the shower is running" Nesbitt wit again

"mithing tooth" this is an excellent one for kids of all ages.. written by ken nesbitt

"i stuck my finger up my nose" another Ken Nesbitt poem.. kids love him

"little bo peep" story, music and pictures.. what more could you ask for??

Mother Goose .. an excellent collection of a variety of genres placed in themes

An alphabet menagerie great for the lil ones... :))

Nursery Rhymes a complete set of nursery rhymes

a wonderful collection of poems about fairies worth a browse

GENREALLY SPEAKING

poems are poems are poems are poems right??? wrong.. they can also be haiku, limericks, ballads, alliterations, etc etc etc ..

heres some sites that are devoted to a particular genre..

Ballads what are they???

faerie ballads cute

Haiku personally i dont think you would find a better link on the net than this one.. send it to me if you do !!..

Limericks hey.. excellent examples of really funny punny limericks

POETS PLACE

Grandpa Tucker's excellent place on the web !! great stuff too... :))

WHAT??
A ladybug without her spots?
A polka dress without it's dots?
Some thoughts are quick and "out to lunch"
And here I offer you a bunch........ Grandpa Tucker

McKellar, Dorothea find out about the contrast between england and oz

Nash, Ogden some of the blokes greatest stuff here

Nesbitt, Ken .. fantastically funny

O'Connell George, Kristine The great frog race !!

Patterson, Banjo .. an excellent balladist who tells stories bout the aussie bush

Whitman, Walt .. theres every thing he wrote here.. including his shopping list im sure !!

PRESENTING POETRY PRACTISES

1. a great place for ideas is Mrs Smiths Poetry Page she lists quite a few activities to use in the classroom

2. Kristine O'Connel George has set up her own teacher's guide for working with her poetry.. check it out !! (think all authors should do this)

3. this page offers a detailed description of what a limerick is about.. and its history... good stuff !!

4. this excellent page has it all set out for you on how to teach limericks in the class room... good stuff !!

5. this even more excellent page explains the different genres and how to teach them.. (loves this page)

take me back home

take me back to those excellent links