Shakespeare's Sonnets

Most Famous Shakespeare Sonnets--this one helps "translate" them to modern English in case you want to try a sonnet but are worried you won't "get it."

Shakespeare's Sonnets--check out the "favorites" on the righthand side

Poetry Sites to Check Out

Here are a few sites to get your poetry search underway!  Please post a comment if you find another source that should be shared!

Poetry 180 for Middle School (a project that lists a poem a day for middle school students)

BEAUTIFUL examples of found poetry you can write with a photocopied page from a book

Poetry in Color (this is a teacher's guide for middle school students, but there are some good poems about topics you might like such as sports)

Poets.org Great Poems to Teach

Poetry 180 (high school edition)

Random site, good resources

The Poetry Foundation (a good place to go if you have an author you like or a topic to look up)

Literary Devices Practice

Test Your Knowledge:
simile/metaphor/hyperbole/onomatopoeia
Guess the type of irony (focus on EXAMPLES and less on which type for our class)
Irony flashcards and practice
simile/metaphor battleship
simile/metaphor catapult

Baby estimation!

   Go here!

http://www.babiesbet.com/pool/c9c07f9d-51ce-4505-1a8b-310f9d1cdade

Podcast Project

Our Last Big Project is coming up, and we need your help!  We'll be making our own podcasts similar to This American Life and Radiolab.  YOUR JOB is to find awesome stories that make great examples and stories/articles/ideas that you might want to use in your podcast.

Please post ideas/stories/links in the comments below.  Thanks!

--Ms. Kruger

Sites to check out:  thisamericanlife.org
radiolab.org

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.

http://www.quia.com/rr/482059.html

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/