Unit: Poetry

Online Poetry

Poetry Forms

Strong writers use a variety of forms to help structure their writing.  Poetry

includes a wide range of forms organized by verse (lines), meter (syllable

stress), and rhyme (patterns).  Writers always make choices to include

or adapt or even reject poetic forms.

The Word Shop

Poets.org: Forms and Techniques

Poem of Quotes: 51 Types of Poetry

Forms of Poetry for Kids

Activity Poems

(One pretty cool tip:  Find a poetic form that you like.  If you go to eHow, you

can often find step by step directions for the form!  Like here and here and here.)