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National Poetry Month Resources

April is National Poetry Month! This celebration was established by the Academy of American Poets twenty years ago.

Poetry is an art form in which words are used aesthetically rather than simple semantics to convey a message. It's what paint does to a house, the house does not gain more functionality nor does it change from a house to something else when you apply paint to the walls, but it can be used to invoke a certain reaction: pleased, relaxed, scared, etc. In the same manner, poetry can be used to say "Your kind and thoughtful ways make my world a better place" rather than simply saying "thanks, I appreciate what you did".

You can introduce this art form to your students in a variety of simple-to-understand ways. We put together some resources for you to use this month (or anytime!).

ReadWriteThink - This is a fantastic resource with lots of free poetry activities for students and lesson plan ideas for educators

Scholastic Poetry Resources - Includes some free printables at the bottom

NaPoWriMo - Heard of NaNoWriMo? This is the poetry version

HelpTeaching - Literature and writing worksheets and more!

Poets.org - poetry website by the Academy of American poets

A Poem a Day - This site will email a new poem to you each day in April

Poetry4kids.com - a poetry website by author Kenn Nesbitt to get kids excited in poetry

GreatSchools - This site has some cool resources rhyming and poetry worksheets

Our Pinterest Collection of Poetry Month Ideas - Check out this pin board of National Poetry Month Ideas
 

What is your favorite activity for National Poetry Month? Tell us in the comments!

Comments

  1. http://myessayservices.net/ says

    I like reading the inspiring poems, so thank you for the links provided. I appreciate your talent to write such an amazing content.

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  2. JOANNE PAULL says

    I NEED TO FIND SOME KIND OF TREE WITH NO LEAVES TO USE FOR MY POET-TREE IN MY LIBRARY. aNY IDEAS WHERE TO GET ONE BEFORE APRIL?

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  3. Amreka says

    Thanks for that idea. Please can you give me ideas Gr 8-12. Some innovative ideas to motivate them to read. Thank you

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  5. Marilyn Wilbanks says

    I always do Spine Poetry with my 3rd graders. They have to find 3+ books whose spine labels make a poem! They love it...even the boys!!!

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