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For Teachers
"The teacher holds my hand
and opens a special box
of things with secret voices..."
Excerpt from "Music Class"
The Great Frog Race
My grandmother taught in a one-room school house in Montrose,
Colorado. I was a TK (Teacher's Kid) — my mother taught third-grade
and was a high school guidance counselor. (I even got to see
the inside of the Teacher's Lounge!)
L et me guess: You're here on your "own time." It's after
school — even late at night — and you're searching the web for ideas
for a poetry unit or National Poetry Month. Perhaps you're looking
for inspiration for your own writing.
Scroll down to discover the links and resources I've gathered with
you in mind. I hope you find them helpful!
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Teacher's Guides
Click on the covers for more information on each
individual title.
Use the right-hand links for Teacher's Guides and Classroom
Activities.
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FOLD ME A POEM
 See
Teacher's Guides
and Classroom Activities for the free downloadable
Teacher's Guide which includes "Folding and Poeming" and a
wealth of cross-curriculum ideas. Learn how
students can fold a simple dog, then write three different
kinds of poems for a fast and easy poetry lesson.
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UP!
UP! An Activity Guide
for Toddlers and Preschoolers |
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ONE MITTEN
Teacher's Guide and Classroom Activities
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HUMMINGBIRD NEST:
A Journal of Poems
Hummingbird Links and Resources /
Classroom Ideas
A Teacher's Guide to Hummingbird
Nest: A Journal of Poems by
Mary Lou Meerson, Educational Consultant
(Adobe Acrobat
file)
Teaching ideas from
Time for Kids (pages 11 to 13)
(Adobe Acrobat
file)
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SWIMMING UPSTREAM
Middle School Poems
Discussion Guide -
discussion questions designed to explore themes in the book
(Adobe Acrobat
file)
Companion Guide
- includes seven poetry-writing activities
(Adobe Acrobat
file)
Don't miss the poems written by middle school students for
The Amazing Middle School Poetry
Quest and "Middle School Musings" at
Swimming Upstream: Middle School
Poems.
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TOASTING MARSHMALLOWS:
Camping Poems
Teacher's guide includes
exercises on writer's notebooks, cinquains, flashlight poems,
and
library campout.
See
S'Mores for resources
for camping-theme units, and June/July 2002 issue of The
Mailbox Bookbag
for lesson plan on themes and memoirs using Toasting
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OLD ELM SPEAKS: Tree Poems
Teacher's guide Writing exercises include
"Tree Voices" ("mask" or "persona" poems),
"My Favorite Tree" and information on arbor day celebrations, maple seed science, and tree-ific
links.
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THE GREAT FROG RACE
Teacher's guide Exercises include "Quiddling with
Words", "Feelings and
Experiences", "Poems are Everywhere", and information on
"tadpole ranching."
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LITTLE DOG POEMS
LITTLE DOG AND DUNCAN
Teacher's guide
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file) |
Links to additional teaching resources on this
site:
Celebrate
National Poetry Month . . . all year long. Check out
33+ different ways to celebrate poetry.
Poetry Aloud!
Clips of some of my poetry to share with your students.
Poetry Bookshop
A long (did I say long?) annotated list of
some of my favorite books on teaching and writing
poetry, sort of a virtual bookshelf.
Poetry Power
Creative ideas for teaching poetry writing
and some great links.
Kristine O'Connell George's
Tips for Young Poets An animated
"mini-web" with writing tips for students.
Tips for
Poets: Observation Some ideas on using
observation in writing poetry
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