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Poetry
Demonstration Activities
Animals and Other Beasts an alphabetical listing of poems on this topic
Bedtime an alphabetical listing of poems on this topic
Folks and the things they do an alphabetical listing of poems on this topic
Food an alphabetical listing of poems on this topic
Holidays and Seasons an alphabetical listing of poems on this topic
Riddle Rhymes an alphabetical listing of poems on this topic
Rounds and Repeaters an alphabetical listing of poems on this topic
Weather and things around us an alphabetical listing of poems on this topic
Diamante Poems an explanation with examples
Haiku Generator choose lines of a haiku poem from drop-down lists
Index of Audio Stories and Poems including Brothers Grimm Hans Christian Anderson and Aesop
An index of poems covering many varied topics
An index of poems catalogued by form
An index of poems catalogued by theme
Melvin and Steven explain poetry in their latest adventure
Storynory a series of audio poems to be downloaded
Tongue Twisters a huge collection of tongue twisters
Informs about different types of poetry - narrative limericks haiku free verse cinquain and lyric poems
Practice
Activities
Animal Rhyme an interactive rhyming story to be read or read for you
Bananas for lunch a simple rhyming story
Create a Limerick a format grid with drop-down options to create your own limerick
Choose the lines of a limerick from sets of drop-down lists
I went to the Animal Fair a song with words to sing along with
Playful Poetry choose the rhyming word which fits into the lines of poetry
Poetry Index a collection of six poems for younger readers
Read the poem one verse at a time answering the 3 questions then move to the next of 5 verses
Sebastian's Rhyme designed in book format learners choose words which rhyme
The Gingerbread Man an activity where learners input the missing rhyming words
The Three Little Pigs an activity where learners input the missing rhyming words
The Perfect Pet a simple rhyming online story
Extension Activities
A Smuggler's Song a poem to read to yourself or out loud
Charge of Light Brigade a poem to read to yourself or out loud
If by Rudyard Kipling a poem to read to yourself or out loud
Inchcape Rock a poem to read to yourself or out loud
Just So Stories by Kipling a series of poems to read to yourself or out loud
The Highwayman a poem to read to yourself or out loud
The Listeners a poem to read to yourself or out loud
The Owl and the Pussy Cat a poem to read to yourself or out loud
Fuzzy can you manage to say this tongue twister
Peter Piper can you manage to say this tongue twister
Seashells can you manage to say this tongue twister
Woodchuck can you manage to say this tongue twister
Testing Activities
Poem Types an excellent quiz where learners identify the type of poetry given
Learners hear a poem read and answer 5 sets of questions about meaning and use of specific words
Poetry Quiz a 10 question quiz marked online
Reading Poetry Quiz a 10 question quiz linked to information given in the associated activity
Syllables in Poetry 1 An activity counting the number of syllables in a line of poetry
Syllables in Poetry 2 an activity sorting the lines of a haiku into the correct order
Syllables in Poetry 3 an activity sorting the lines of a cinquain into the correct order
Syllables in Poetry 4 an activity finding words which have three syllables