This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book New and True: Rhymes and Rhythms and Histories Droll for Boys and Girls from Pole to Pole by Mary Wiley Staver (1892), a collection of illustrated poetry.

Four pages of with chants and street rhymes. Three of the pages are reproducible examples and information useful to students, and one page gives lesson ideas for teachers.

For this lesson students will re-create a campfire song with internal rhyme and rhythm.

Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.

This activity allows students an opportunity to explore the dictionary and thesaurus to write creative alliterations about pasta after reading Jack Prelutsky's poem, "Spaghetti, Spaghetti."

In this lesson, learners will create 4 original poems within a particular rhythm and rhyme scheme.

This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.