Active Engagement Pathfinder
Hardin Intermediate Library
Duncanville ISD
Poetry
5th Grade and 6th Grade
Prepared by Mr. Hood, Library Media Specialist
September 2016
Lesson Links.
Click on Links as one would a regular web page.
Sound Devices or Effects in Poetry
Sounds of Poetry
Vivaldi’s Music and Poetry
Sound Effects in Poetry (You Tube Video)
Poetry Sound Devices (Flash Player)
Poet’s Corner – Variety of Poems in the Public Domain (No
Copyrights)
Library of Congress Poetry Center
Scholastic Writing with Writers – Poetry Writing with Current
Authors
Poetry For Dummies – Step-by-Step Approach
Bartleby Verse – Search poems by verse
Free Image Courtesy: http://pixabay.com/
Oprah – 12 Ways to Write a Poem
Poetic Elements, Techniques, and Language
Onomatopoeia - Onomatopoeia is defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing
Alliteration - a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close
together in a series
Simile - A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things.
Metaphor - a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things or
objects that are poles apart
Poets Web Sites
Shel Silverstein Gary Soto Jack Prelutsky Jon Scieszka Kristine George Julia Alverez Francisco X. Alarcón Nikki Grimes Nikki Giovanni Mr. Eric Hood – Library media Specialist
More Links
Poetry for Kids Giggle Poetry – Great Site for Young Poets
Literary Devices - typical structures used by writers in their works to convey his or her message
Different Types of Poems – Personal website with examples
Help a Child Write a Poem – Differing ways to think creatively to write poems
Classical Poems for Kids -
Search Terms. Boolean Search.
alliteration, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme
Search Engines.
Safe Search for Kids
Kidz Search
GooGooligans
Kids Click!
Sweet Search
instaGrok - Creates a Thinking Map of Searchable
Terms
Duncanville ISD Databases
Reference.
Macmillan Dictionary
Your Dictionary
Fact Monster
Citation Help.
Citation Machine MLA Format
School Internet Resources
TEKS
ELA and Reading
5.4A - Analyze how poets use sound effects (e.g., alliteration, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme) to reinforce
meaning in poems.
Mr. Eric Hood – Library media Specialist