More Online Poetry Resources

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More Online Poetry Resources

177: More Online Poetry Resources

This episode offers more suggestions for online poetry resources – last April for National Poetry Month I recorded an episode with other resources. So be sure to check out episode 127 if you haven’t listened to that one already as I have not repeated any of those resources this year.

General Resources Mentioned

Resources for Writing Poetry

  • MakeBeliefComix has printable templates
  • Code.org combines poetry and coding
  • ReadWriteThink has great interactive resources that prompt students to write different types of poems
  • TeenInk offers teens the possibility of getting their poems published online and also offers contests

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More Online Poetry Resources

Online Poetry Resources

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Online Poetry Resources

127: Online Poetry Resources

This episode is about online poetry resources for poetry appreciation and to teach students how to write poetry. Here are the resources mentioned in this episode.

Online Resources for Poetry Appreciation

Resources on How to Write Poetry

  • Poetry4Kids contains lessons, a rhyming dictionary, a poetry terms glossary and much more. Show sponsor, FundaFunda Academy, uses some of these lessons in one module in in the middle school Writing Fun class when the students write humerous poetry.
  • Verse by Verse is a website that uses AI to help you write poems.

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Online Poetry Resources

How to Teach Poetry for Homeschool High School

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This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: How to Teach Poetry for Homeschool High School.

How to Teach Poetry for Homeschool High School

How to Teach Poetry for Homeschool High School

Everyone who knows 7Sister Vicki, knows she loves poetry and taught her teens (and our local homeschool teens) to love poetry also.

Unfortunately, there are lots of teens teens these days who have been trained by our modern culture to think of poetry in the same way they might think of liver and onions: It might be good for you but UGH! DISGUSTING!

In case your homeschool high schoolers have not had a chance yet to learn to love poetry, Vicki would like to share a few tips on why and how to teach poetry to teens.

One of the ways that Vicki inspired her local homeschoolers to enjoy poetry is teaching them poetry recitation. When they get started with it, teens actually find memorization and recitation to be rewarding (and even fun). For years, Vicki took the local homeschoolers to the regional speech meets for American Christian Schools International (ACSI allowed homeschoolers to participate as long as we provided judges). Often, our teens’ top performances were in poetry recitation.

At the ACSI speech competitions, there was a school from a large urban area. Most of the teens in the school were immigrants or inner-city youth. This school’s teens were always THE top performers in poetry recitation. Vicki once asked their advisor, Molly, why poetry was prioritized at their school.

Poetry builds skills in: *vocabulary *word usage and *communication

Molly explained that poetry gave her teens words: vocabulary,  word usage and communication skills in general. (She had the track record with these kids, too: Many of them, after high school graduation, went to high-powered colleges and became successful professionals, business people and educators.)

Vicki also saw the power of poetry memorization and recitation when she judged the annual poetry recitation at a local Classical school. The students at this school were mostly immigrant or low income, so would benefit from the skills gained from learning poetry. Many of these kids have graduated and become successful adults- poetry being a small but useful communication tool in their educations.

Why is poetry such a useful communication tool?

Poetry uses words powerfully

Unlike prose, every word in a poem has weight. Each word is chosen to convey the most emotion and biggest thoughts possible. Each word is chosen for:

  • Sound
  • Rhythm
  • Meaning
  • Purpose

In poetry, homeschool high schoolers learn ordinary and extraordinary words being used in powerful ways.

Vicki’s homeschool high school Language Arts classes had a poetry unit each year. As teens were learning poetry and then moved onto writing their research paper unit, they wrote high quality papers. This is because they had mastered some higher-order word-usage skills in their poetry unit.

Poetry is fun

Poetry is powerful when it is presented in a lighthearted fashion. Poetry done with good attitude inspires laughter and learning!

How to teach poetry in a way that teens enjoy

Start with inspiration. Show them a YouTube video each day with a cool poem presentation:

Each week in class or individually:

Remember, all 7Sisters curriculum is no-busywork and is level-able to different interests and abilities.

Join Vicki for a discussion on how to teach poetry with your homeschoolers- and be sure to join us next week!

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How to Teach Poetry for Homeschool High School

How to Study Poetry in your Homeschool

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LCP Ep 3: How to Study Poetry in your Homeschool

 

Join Katie at the Literary Cafe Podcast for tips and resources in How to Study Poetry in your homeschool. #homeschool #homeschooling #poetry #language arts #literature

Join Katie Glennon as she discusses how to study poetry in your homeschool and shares fun ideas and activities in learning how to appreciate and enjoy poetry. Listen for practical tips in developing language skills in your youngest learners with poetry and valuable practices in building the writing skills in your older learners. Poetry does it all! And you can have fun doing it!

Visit Katie’s website for more fun ideas and tips to use in your homeschool at Katie’s Homeschool Cottage or her Facebook Group.

What Can Poetry do for your Youngest Learners?

Poetry can help develop fluency, vocabulary and comprehension skills in your youngest learners.

Short poems with rhyming words (word families) and the rhythm of the poems are great practice for young readers.

Identifying rhyming sounds at the end of the lines of a poem provide a wonderful opportunity in practice with word families.

 

The rhythm or meter in the poem is a wonderful device to assist with fluency and pauses and the rhythm of speech while reading.

Shorter passages are not as overwhelming and can be fun compared to passages in books and are helpful in practicing new vocabulary and sight words.

Poetry can also provide practice in identifying and using different parts of speech in an engaging manner.

What Can Poetry do for your Older Learners?

Older learners also gain language skill development with the rhyming and rhythmnic patterns of poems.

Learning to identify and practice the literary techniques and devices used to paint a picture with words helps older learners appreciate and better understand the use of effective word choice and descriptions in written rhetoric.

Their own writing and self-editing skills are tested as they attempt to follow different poet forms and are forced to read their own work aloud and then change their words to match a specific number of syllables to help their sentences flow or to better describe their thoughts.

Their reading comprehension and higher order thinking skills are also expanded with poetry as they progress and practice reading aloud and answering questions to poems that start out rather simple and move on to more complex poetry.

Book and Poetry Suggestions to Develop Language Skills

Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

A Child Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

Dr. Seuss books with simple verse and rhymes

The Twentieth Century Poetry Treasury by Jack Prelutsky

The Random House Book of Poetry for Children

Poetry books by Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Light in the Attic

Poems by Edward Lear or E. E. Cummings

Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

Inclusion Ideas for Poetry

Read poets or poetry that include historical references or cultural experiences as part of your studies. For example, when studying American History, included some American poets from that time period who wrote poems about the events or people of that time period or poems that mention people or events from American history.

Some American history examples:

Walt Whitman

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Langston Hughes

Gwendolyn Brooks

For World History:

“The Charge of the Light Brigade”

Or “Flanders Fields”

Study poems about seasons, holidays, or nature when studying these topics.

Activities to Have Fun with Poetry in Homeschooling

Here is a downloadable file you can print out for your reference filled with activity ideas to include the study of poetry in your homeschool.

Activity Ideas to Have Fun with Poetry

Poetry Forms to Practice Writing your Own Poems

Acrostic Poems

Ballads

Cinquains

Color Poetry using the Five Senses

Diamantes

Haikus

Limericks

Concrete or Shape Poems

Tankas

Be sure to comment in the Comments box any ideas you’d like to share that your family has enjoyed in reading and studying poetry or any of these ideas! I would love to hear from you! Thanks for visiting! Come back and visit the Literary Cafe Podcast for June’s topic when we discuss what to include in your study of language arts in your homeschool for your elementary aged learners! We will explore fun ways to teach and learn those necessary language arts skills!

 

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Poetry Tea Time Recharges Roadschool

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Poetry Tea Time is introduced to Roadschool Moms on Episode #150. The replay is a live recording by the Roadschool Moms team from the road. Kimberly Travaglino, co-founder of Fulltime Families,  broadcasts from her location at the spectacular Balloon Fiesta in Albequerque, NM. Across the country, Mary Beth Goff, the Road Trip Teacher calls in from the Midwestern region of the Hoosier State. Julie Bogart, creator of Poetry Tea Time joins the OTR duo. This engaging episode is full of high energy and wonderful ideas to recharge your roadschool with poetry. Hit the replay to hear more about this concept as uncovered by the Roadschool Moms team.

Poetry Tea Time with Julie Bogart

Listeners may recognize Julie Bogart from the awesome Brave Writer resources for homeschoolers. This episode puts the spotlight on Julie’s genius creation of poetry tea time. Specifically, this time of day is designed to bring the household together for the wonder of poetry, accompanied by great snacks of course. Most of all, Julie brings roadschool moms encouraging ideas to create family memories from these lasting homeschool experiences. Consequently, this engaging interview also reveals:

  • What is Poetry Tea Time?
  • How to add this time to an already full homeschool schedule?
  • Where the best location is for gathering your family?
  • Who can benefit from adding poetry to a roadschool day?
  • Simple steps to start Poetry Tea Time today!

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Looking for a roadmap for your next learning adventure? Scroll through the RSM library on iTunes to find more than 150 podcast replays.

Homeschool enrollment is on the rise. As a result, more and more families are moving into a home on wheels. Further, the Roadschool Moms record this broadcast to present resources that meet the challenges of today’s roadschooler. Kimberly Travaglino, co-founder of Fulltime Families, and Mary Beth Goff, the creator of Road Trip Teacher, team up every week to offer listeners a fresh take on homeschooling while traveling full time across America’s backyard.

Roadschool Moms:  Season 11


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HSHSP Ep 62: Writing Poetry- Your Teen CAN Do It!

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HSHSP Ep 62: Writing Poetry- Your Teen CAN Do It!HSHSP Ep 62: Writing Poetry- Your Teen CAN Do It!

Writing poetry is not just for geeks and airheads (no matter what modern stereotypes might tell you). Writing poetry is an exercise that is excellent for all teens! Poetry writing develops:

*Skill in word usage

*Skill in focus

*Skill in adaptability

*Skill in creative thought

*and MORE

One of our favorite stories about learning to write poetry is when a young man who hated ALL kinds of writing, took our homeschool group poetry-writing class. He was certain that he could not write poetry, but in the fun of the class and textbook we were using, he gained confidence and found out he not only LIKED poetry writing, but he liked writing in general!

You don’t want to miss this episode of the Homeschool Highschool Podcast: Writing Poetry- Your Teen CAN Do It! Sabrina, Vicki and Marilyn share practical how’s and why’s to bring your teens’ skills up a notch and preparing them for life and college.

Here are a couple of good posts on writing poetry:

God is a Poet- and your teen should be one, too!

How to Start Writing Poetry