Activity 4:  Poetry Panel of Experts (GLEs:  09, 10, 17, 24, 34, 36c, 37)

CC:  Students choose a favorite poem to interpret, practice, and share with classmates.

Web Sites:

Poems for Children

http://www.love-poems.me.uk/a_poems_for_children_great_children's_poems_childrens_resource_index.htm

Online Songs and Poems for Children

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKbrown/storsong.html

Classic Poems for Children

http://www.storyit.com/Classics/JustPoems/classicpoems.htm

Giggle Poetry: Poetry Theater

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetrytheater.aspx

CC:   Students become "experts" by practicing reading the poem expressively (if feasible, reciting from memory), researching information about the poet, and writing a three-paragraph composition, expressing what they like most about the poem and the author's literary style

Web Sites:

World Book Online

http://www.louisianaschools.net/worldbook

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