Each resource has been created by our team of poet-educators and poetry-passionate teachers; all with extensive experience of encouraging an enthusiasm for poetry in the classroom.
How Writers Write Poetry (The Writing University Open Courses)Taught by Christopher Merrill and Mary Hickman, the University of IowaAn interactive course that presents a curated collection of short, intimate talks on craft by two dozen contemporary poets writing in English. Comprehensive site for avant-garde and conceptual poetry and poetics; includes hundreds of audio files, short videos, and e-text resources. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. Extensive range of free poetry resources for teachers. Writers in the Schools Home page of popular program; includes resources for teachers, WITS blog, and links to publication opportunities for students. Find the best apps for building literacy skills. Key West Literary Seminar: Audio Archives Digitized recordings of past readings, panels, and discussions from the Key West Literary Seminar. As poet Carl Sandburg said, remember that with poetry you're stuffing "a backpack of invisible keepsakes.". The University of Arizona Poetry Center's Audio Video Library. Favorite Poem Project: Poetry Lesson Plans Lesson plans based on the Favorite Poem Project, emphasizing reading and appreciation. Poem Present: Readings and Lectures Streamed audio/video of University of Chicago’s distinguished reading and lecture series.Poetry Center at San Francisco State UniversityThe reading series, is one of the longest-running such programs in the US. The collection includes readings of popular poems, as well as tips for pupils to write their own. Course materials to complement the ground-breaking print anthology dedicated to Contemporary poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and beyond. EdSITEment Literature and Language Arts Lesson plans and links for literature classes, grades K–12. Home page of popular program; includes resources for teachers, WITS blog, and links to publication opportunities for students. Poems, poet biographies, interviews, recordings, and essays. Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (Coursera) Taught by Al Filreis, Kelly Family Professor of English, University of PennsylvaniaModPo is a fast-paced introduction to modern and contemporary US poetry, with an emphasis on experimental verse. Listen to this collection of almost 60 much-loved poems for pupils aged 7-11. Watch or listen to our classroom video, author interviews and more. Includes e-text and facsimile versions of all editions of. Poetry zoekt bestuursleden. Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature Medieval, Renaissance, 17th-century, and Restoration poets. Dozens of carefully selected booklists, for kids 0-12 years old, Nonfiction for Kids Poetry.org is a resource site for poetry and poets. Includes the American Poetry Archives, approaching 5,000 hours of original audio and video recordings, available online at The Poetry Center Digital Archive. Arts Edge (Kennedy Center) A variety of lesson plans, exercises, and guidelines for incorporating poetry into K–12 classrooms.
A selection are available as full-text PDFs. Information on literary movements and definitions, writing assignments, and historical perspectives. In this BAFTA-winning series for GCSE students, hip hop star Akala explores and analyses key works by Wordsworth, Byron, Blake, Shelley and Keats. Themed Booklists