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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Poetry to Teach Reading & Writing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Lesson plan makes use of weekly poems for students to read, discuss, and study. Students compile a poetry portfolio to use for further learning in reading and writing, as well as engaging in interactive activities such as creative poetry...
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Sacred Text Archive

Ista: Complete Corpus of Anglo Saxon Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internet Sacred Text Archive offers the Complete Corpus of Anglo Saxon Poetry. All of the titles link to primary documents, written in their original language.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Joseph Addison

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Toronto gives the full text of several of Joseph Addison's poems. A link to Addison's Latin poetry and prose is available on the site.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: The Works of Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to Milton's poems, sonnets, and prose, as well as complete text to his epic poems "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained."
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Robert Penn Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers excerpts from interview with Warren about a reunion at Vanderbilt in 1956, on his writings and values, on HAWKS, on rhythm in prose. There is also a review of HEARTS OF AUTUMN. This site also has a photo of Warren.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: A Call for Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The world is an ever changing place, and through this lesson young scholars will have a chance to send a call out for change. Using Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" as an inspiration and a model, students will brainstorm...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Lesson Plans: Using Personal Connections to Understand Emotions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which younger students draw on prior experiences that made them happy or sad, build two-sided masks, work with Venn diagrams, and connect personally with the emotions conveyed by poems in The Way I Feel by Janan Cain...
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Other

Brock University: Critical Reading: A Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In addition to thoroughly exploring the purposes and functions of an analytical essay, this resource provides students with step-by-step instructions for reading and analyzing poetry, prose-fiction, and fiction. The site also offers...
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Ruben Dario en La Biblioteca Nacional De Chile

For Students 9th - 10th
Great biography in Spanish of the Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario, considered by many to be the greatest poet of the Spanish language. He pioneered the modernist movement in prose and poetry. Some of his writings are available in Spanish at...
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Other

America Dept. Of State: Outline of American Literature [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online book presents an overview of American literature chronologically. Eras and movements are explained and biographies of significant authors are provided. This is a good way to understand the background and influences of...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oscar Wilde the Teacher of Wisdom

For Students 9th - 10th
Oscar Wilde's prose poem "The Teacher of Wisdom." Includes a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Memorandum During the War

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia presents links to the online text for Walt Whitman's prose writing, "Memorandum During the War" in which Whitman records his thoughts and experiences visiting the wounded in the...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Drama

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of "drama" in writing.
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First World War

First World war.com: Prose & Poetry Siegfried Sassoon

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief biography of Sassoon (1886-1967 CE) includes some thoughts about his work and his connection to other writers of the time.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Onomatopoeia

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will identify onomatopoeia in poetry and prose. They will then write their own onomatopoeia poem.

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