HIT: Poetry

[Gwen Schmitt <libraryladyfo@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Hello, Thank you so much for all of your responses!  I had these withing 25
minutes of my posting, I had several requests for a Hit so here it is!
Thanks again.

Write Source 200  ISBN 0-669-46774-x

Fly with Poetry by Avis Harley  ISBN 1-56397-798-2

Take a Bite out of Ryhme  by Teacher Created Materials

Poetry Handbook: A Dictionary of Terms by Babette Deutsch

Poetry from A to Z: A Guide for Young Writers by Paul Janeczto

Writing Poetry by Shelly Tucker

Poet Tree by Libraries UnlimitedI recommend:
The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms, edited by Ron Padgett.  New
York: Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1987.    The Handbookcontains
seventy-four entries by nineteen writers.  An example is given of each.

I don't have a book suggestion for you but I did use this web site last year
when doing a poetry unit in our computer lab. I don't know if you have
internet access but it is a good site. <A
HREF="http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html">Click here: Poetry
Teachers</A
>/ http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html.
Hope you can find it useful,
How to Write, Recite, and Delight in all Kinds of Poetry by Joy N. Hulme and
Donna W. Guthrie. Brookfield, Conn. The Millbrook Press, 1996.
This book contains a chapter on the forms of a poem including free verse,
pattern poetry, wordplay, rap, and syllable poems. It also includes a
chapter on figures of speech.
I checked and it is still in print, which in and of itself is a
recommendation!



Gwen Schmitt
Librarian
Fair Oaks Elementary
Oakdale Joint Unified School District
gschmitt@oakdale.k12.ca.us

"It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books
which are your very own"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

>>>Gwen Schmitt <libraryladyfo@HOTMAIL.COM> 09/07 11:43 AM >>>
Good Morning Collegues.

My sixth grade teachers are looking for a book or books that gives the
definition of each kind of poems and also shows an example.  For instance, a
hiaku, limerick, etc.  Thanks so much, I've looked through all of my
catalogs, nothing!  TIA




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