Lesson 2 - Famous Poems and Poets

Enjoy the World of Words

Let's appreciate reading and writing different poetry

Lesson 2

Poetry to just sit back and enjoy!

Quotations

The Poetry of Walt Whitman

Kristine George's Children Poetry Corner

Poetry on the Web

Positively Poetry

A Listing of Poetry for Kids

Poetry 4 Kids

Haiku Salon

National Poetry Month

Research one of the following cultures and make an idea web of their customs, beliefs, traditions, clothing, environment. You will use this idea web later to make a poem.

Cultures

1. Amish

2. Eskimos

3. Masai

4. Berber

5. Kurds

6. Celts

7. Lapps

8. Aborigines

9. Polynesians

10. Tibetan

Shakespeare Sonnet of the Day 

http://www.killdevilhill.com/shapespeare.shtml

Emily Dickinson
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Lights/4192/dickinson.html

Shel Silverstein
http://www.ezy.net/~quix/shel.html

William Butler Yeats
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5379/yeats_index.html

Featured Author

http://www.bartleby.com/indexm.html

SOURCES and resources:

A Home School Notebook

Teacher's Lesson Plan using this student lesson

Lyrical Lessons