Looking for Poetry on the Internet

Some places to look for poetry:
Poetry Links
1. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poemiddle.htm
2. http://www.poetry4kids.com/links
3. http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html
4. http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/p180-list.html
5. http://www.kristinegeorge.com/swimming_upstream.html  Look at the Fold Me A Poem Poems
6.  http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/58
      Check out Gary Soto 
        If you have a dog, you might like Nelson, My Dog.
7. http://middleschoolpoetry180.wordpress.com/  Look at the categories in the right margin.
8. A rap about poetry  http://www.educationalrap.com/song/poetry-for-life.html

9. http://www.poetry-archive.com/collections/ 

10.  http://poetry.eserver.org/


11. http://www.webenglishteacher.com/poetrycollections.html

12. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/pmsites1.html


13.  http://www.bartleby.com/verse/


14. Baseball poetry   http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poems.shtml

15  http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com



Here's a poetry word you may not know: (extra credit if you can tell me about doggerel)
doggerel
a low, or trivial, form of verse, loosely constructed and often irregular, but effective because of its simple mnemonic rhyme and loping metre. It appears in most literatures and societies as a useful form for comedy and satire. It is characteristic of children's game rhymes from ancient times to the present and of most nursery rhymes.  from dictionary.com   

Select at least three poems to paste (with each URL)  on your Finding Poetry page on our class wiki.
Go to our class wiki at
http://cavewriting2011b3.pbworks.com
or
http://cavewriting2011b4.pbworks.com

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  Bingo Prompt   B3 did Bingo A3, B4 did Bingo B2.

What is Poetry?
Today students read about, read, listened to, and viewed poetry, and created group posters to teach others about poetry.  If you are absent, create a mini-poster (8 1/2 x 11")  that is neat and legible that defines what poetry is and is not.  It could use brief examples.   

Start looking for a poem for our Poetry and Chocolate Day on February 15.  Select a poem that you REALLY like.  Song lyrics work if they are in poetic form.  (Most are!)  You will be able to look for poems on the Internet (at selected sites) for part of the time on the 9th and 11th.

Fascinating Words Extra Credit

For extra credit:  Can you tell me what a group of ravens is called?  See this site and look through the charts for the answer:  http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/animals/names.htm

for Your Information - Teen Writers' Conference

Go to http://www.writerscubed.com/events_TeenBootCamp.asp to find out about a very fun sounding conference for teen writers that will be held in April at UVU.

More contests:
http://rebeccabirkin.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, February 1

Bell-Ringer: Write in response to the painting prompt by Brian Kershisnik: Flight Practice with Instruction 

Brian Kershisnik: Flight Practice with Instruction

Computer Lab 223

Directions for February 1:

Read this:

Some Tips for Everyone on Memoir  for B3

Some Tips on Memoir for Everyone for B4 

 See these same directions on the wiki (perhaps with something added).  

Then

1. If you haven't written your three new leads for your memoir, and if they are not at the top of the page, complete that assignment.
2. Carefully revise and edit your memoir.  Look for suggestions from Ms. Dorsey on your page or in a comment box.  Revision and Editing Guidelines
3. If you have extra time, begin writing a fictional story. Fill out the chart before you write your story.  You may use one you have already written and paste it on your Fiction page.  You will still fill in the chart.   See the folder for fiction in the Navigator box to the right, and find your own page by first name, alphabetically arranged. 

Go to our class wiki at
http://cavewriting2011b3.pbworks.com
or
http://cavewriting2011b4.pbworks.com

Favorite Words

Start thinking about what your favorite words are.  Jacuzzi?  Blubber?  A favorite word of one of my daughters is "woozy."  It's fun to say!  And my very favorite word to feel in my mouth  as I say it is Zimbabwe.

Here are some staff favorites from dictionary .com

 prodigy,  protocol,  propaganda,  praxis,  hustle,  mantra,  conversation,  macho,  convection,  pagan,  tiara,  delirium,  cysts,  manipulation,  teeter,  meringue,  martyr,  dram,  ditto,  diplomacy,  toucan,  tweet,  trifle,  moxie,  hallucination,  myopia,  meperidine,  twittering,  mulling,  corrals 

Watch this for inspiration: Bulbous Bouffant  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uuCNAwXGaQ

Presidential Extra Credit

(5 points each)
Be the first (and maybe second and third) to tell me about this fact: 

From Brian P. Cleary

Fact You Once Learned, But Probably Forgot: Although we call President Obama the 44th President of the US, he's really only the 43rd person to hold the office. Grover Cleveland is both the 22nd and 24th Presidents because he served non-consecutive terms (with Benjamin Harrison in between).

 or Recite one of the presidential quotes at the top of the  right hand column on this blog.