Poetry+Websites

[] - Shel Silverstein website, author info, etc

[|http://www.poets.org] - (teacher created units, poetry book club, reader's guides, discussions forums, poet bios, audio clips)

[|http://www.favoritepoem.org] - (using video clips, this site spotlights favorite poetry selections by regular folks, who read and talk about themselves and why they particularly like their choices; it also includes classroom ideas and lesson plans)

[] - (students can write poems and submit them, read other students poems, and get explanations about different types of poems)

[] - From the master of witty children's poetry comes a workshop that will guide youngsters from brainstorming an idea to composing a poem and submitting it on line. Tips and encouragement are provided as well as a link to students' writing.