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// Poetry Definitions // [] Every poetry definition that you can think of is located on this website Acrostic [|http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic] This is a very cool tool for elementary students to explore poetry in an interactive, fun, and friendly format. Students will choose a theme, then brainstorm up to eight words for their topic. [|**Giggle Poetry**] [|http://gigglepoetry.com] Learn how to write nursery rhymes, limericks, and list poems. Write a poem, enter a poetry contest, and read the winning entries. Read interviews with your favorite poets and ask them questions! [] Knowing where to create line breaks in written poetry exercises often perplexes the best of us. Here are several tips on just how to best accomplish line breaks, along with interactive online activities to hone student skills.
 * End Rhyme ** [|http://www.rhymezone.com] A rhyming dictionary is like a regular dictionary, except that instead of looking up the definition of a word, you look up the rhymes of a word.
 * Favorite Poem ** [|http://www.favoritepoem.org] Americans saying poems that they love. Awesome project!!!
 * How to Make Line Breaks in Poetry **

[|Theme Poems]
In this online tool, elementary students can write poems based on shapes from five different categories: Nature, School, Sports, Celebrations, and Shapes. Within these categories, 32 different shapes are included. By selecting a shape, students are learning how to focus their writing on a particular topic or theme. In addition, as part of the online tool, students are prompted to brainstorm, write, and revise their poems, thus reinforcing elements of the writing process. Students can save their draft poems to revise later. See the 5-minute video tutorial Saving Work With the Student Interactives for more information on have to save, e-mail, and open a file in any of the ReadWriteThink Student Interactives. The finished theme poems can also be printed and colored to display in the classroom or at home. For ideas of how to use this tool outside the classroom, see Theme Poems in the Parent & Afterschool Resources section. [] Understand these expressions and how you would use them in your work by doing some simple activities. [] Introduce students to poetry writing with this simple guide. This site offers all kinds of poetry formats, along with short lesson ideas to accompany the forms. Just point, click, add words, and print out your creation! Over 70 different selections. [] Definitions and examples of literary terms & devices. [|http://poetryforge.org] Students, take advantage of poetry generators to challenge your writing skills. [|http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/gamestation/poetrysplatter.htm] Writing poems has never been so much fun! Are you ready to get messy and SPLAT your own poem? // Many Thanks to Pam McCoy for these awesome resources! // More Poetry Resources Jack Prelutsky activities here: [] [|Kristine George] Website and Activities [|Poetry Foundation]
 * Idioms **
 * Instant Poetry Forms **
 * Literature Terms **
 * Magnificent Rainbow: Kids Form Poems ** [] These exhibits highlight the wonder of kids playing around with poetic forms.
 * Online Poetry ** [] You'll find at this website many poetry activities you can do online. You can do all of them or some of them.
 * Omomatopoeia ** [] The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.
 * Poetry Forge **
 * Poetry Idea Engine ** [|http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm#] Get your poetry juices flowing with the Poetry Idea Engine. Created with GoCyberCamp, this activity will allow you to write haikus, free verse, limericks, and more!
 * Poetry Splatter **