Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Literary Devices Practice Quiz--Early activity


Please take this quiz.  When you are done with the quiz, show Ms. Kruger your screen so she can see your score.  Please do this BEFORE you are searching for poems.

Poetry Sites to Check Out!

Links to poems (including some audio)--a well-organized website.   http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

Poetry 180--a list of 180 poems that aren't too long (1 for every day of school) http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/


Some good poems, especially for the nature theme http://www.publicdomainpoems.com/


An online book of "Poems Kids Should Know"--(Try using ctrl F to find a word that you're looking for to fit with your theme) a little hard to search, but there are some good ones here!
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16436/16436-h/16436-h.htm

Poetry of American History (for those history buffs out there!) http://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetry-of-america/