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What Is Poetry?

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Let’s get started on our poetry WebQuest. Review the steps with students. This activity should be completed in a computer lab where each student has access to a computer. They should have a copy of this activity sheet and a clipboard to record their responses. After students have found definitions for the words, let them take turns sharing what they found. This activity can be introduced in the Computer Lab. Students can revisit this site in the classroom using individual computer stations during self-selected reading time or free time. Here is the activity sheet. - activity sheet

Parent volunteers would be helpful.

First of all, what is poetry? What is a poet? What is a chapbook?

Go to Merriam Webster’s online dictionary at http://www.merriamwebster.com/

* Use complete sentences to define the following words.

Write a definition of poetry on the line below.

What is a poet?

What is a chapbook?

Now that you know what these words mean, let's have some fun exploring poetry.

Try these links to learn more about children's poetry.

Online Poetry

http://www.edleston.cheshire.sch.uk/projects/poetry/poetry.htm

These are fun poems created and performed by children.