Poetry

Poetry Slam Contests Poetry Slam Contest is nation wide. It is normally held in the month of April. Students write their own poetry and share it with the class. No props, just voice. Should not exceed three minutes. Students cheer each for each other and voting can occur. It is a great way to have fun with poetry. []

A poetry web-quest This web-quest has students researching on pre-determined poetry sites for selecting a poem. There are three sheets to print out for them to fill out after reseaching their favorite poem. The final piece includes instructions for performance. []

A short video clip of middle school students reading their poetry during a Poetry Slam []

Teaching parodies using the movie Shrek []

Teaching satire and parody using The Simpsons []

Weird Al Yankovic use of parody. The video clip you can use to show how they take a song, story or nursery rhyme and change it to be funny. The video clip is a parody of Beat it by Michael Jackson. []

Mother Goose is a great way to teach Parody. The link can be used to have students choose a Mother Goose poem and change the endings. My intervention class had a great time with this. []

ARTSEdge A world of Poetry: a link to lessons incorporating many different types and styles of poetry []

A page of great examples of different forms of poetry. Many ideas about how to teach poetry. [] []

[] Establish Outer Meaning

[] Checklist Analyzing Poetry