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Useful Resources : Websites for Poets and Writers : Resources for Teachers
A Small Anthology of Poems
Idiosyncratic gathering of excellent poetry young and old. Hosted by Seamus Cooney at Western Michigan University. Teachers and students will welcome his instructional materials, including 'English Is Tough Stuff', a poem on pronunciation. Cooney also collects memorably bad poetry.
| | Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project
Located at Auburn University, APAEP offers classes in the arts and humanities to inmates in Alabama state prisons. They have created a
travelling exhibit of "Art on the Inside" and also publish an annual anthology of their students' work.
| | Algonkian Poetry Workshops
Online workshops hosted and supported by the Web del Sol Association. Develop your poetry through exercises and feedback. Professional guidance helps you prepare and place publishable work.
| | AlienFlower: Quick Guidelines for a Poetry Critique
How to make suggestions while sparing feelings, keep workshops on track.
| | Center for the Art of Translation
This California-based literary organization promotes the translation of world literature into English. Their main programs are TWO LINES, an
annual journal that features English translations of creative and scholarly work side-by-side with the original texts, and Poetry Inside Out, a
unique program offering schoolchildren the opportunity to write and translate poetry between two languages.
| | Clickinks.com Resources For Writers
This printer-ink company's website features a page of links that will be of interest to writers, especially teachers and students. Topics include advice for young writers, creative writing lesson plans, basic publishing and self-publishing tips, and links to a few amateur forums for posting one's work.
| | First World War Poetry Digital Archive
This British website features work by the major poets of WWI, plus contextual resources, online tutorials, podcasts, lesson plans, and more.
| | Getting Smart: 35 Sources for Curated Educational Videos
Getting Smart is the blog companion to Tom Vander Ark's book of the same name, about the digital learning revolution. This post gives a list of educational video archives for children and youth, on subjects including biography, math, science, and the arts.
| | In Our Write Minds
Kim Kautzer's blog offers lessons and resources for teaching writing to young people. Useful for schoolteachers and homeschooling parents.
| | Japanese Haiku Poetry Resources
Good-sized directory of links to haiku lesson plans and poetry archives, broken down by grade level.
| | Lannan Foundation Audio Literary Library
An extensive collection of audio recordings of poets and writers reading their work. In 2004, The Lannan Foundation awarded $925,000 in awards and fellowships in poetry, fiction and nonfiction.
| | Merlyn's Pen
The Merlyn's Pen Foundation publishes outstanding work from America's teens. It mentors promising young writers and trains English teachers. Read from the 10+ years of archives - over 1,000 stories, essays and poems. Books of student work and teacher's guides are available in the store.
| | National Association of Writers in Education
NAWE supports the development of creative writing of all genres and in all educational and community settings throughout the UK.
Resources include an annual conference for writing teachers and an online bulletin board of jobs and publication opportunities.
| | National Education Association Foundation Grants
Grants for educators at US public schools, colleges and universities to improve student literacy, develop new education programs, and retain qualified teachers in high-risk communities.
| | National Schools Project
This group of educators publishes an annual anthology, the Young American Poetry Digest, showcasing poems by US elementary and secondary school students. Each participating school receives a free copy of the book. There are also awards of $100 and $50 for the schools with the most student poems accepted.
| | Online Poetry Classroom
An extensive resource for high school English and Language Arts teachers, sponsored by The Academy of American Poets. Includes thematic lesson plans, essays on teaching, and hundreds of classic poems to teach. National Poetry Map of America lists literary organizations, festivals, presses, bookstores and poets by state. Teacher Forum lets you share ideas with other educators. Get advice on the best ways to teach poetry. Teaching Resource Center page contains links to other valuable resources.
| | Open the Door: How to Excite Young People About Poetry
This e-book is free to download from the Poetry Foundation website. Edited by Dorothea Lasky, Dominic Luxford, and Jesse Nathan, and co-published by McSweeneys Books, this selection of essays, interviews, and lesson plans gathers the best thinking about how we can impart the value and joy of poetry to kids.
| | Peter Elbow, Teacher of Writing Teachers
Dr. Elbow, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Massachusetts, has come to enjoy substantial influence over the teaching of writing. "Over the years," he tells Critique Magazine, "I've finally concluded that safety in writing is my highest priority.... I must make a classroom where safety happens, but due to the lack of safety in some classrooms, student writers don't take risks; they don't feel safe when they write." Read Dr. Elbow's complete interview. Another useful introduction to Elbow's ideas is found in these excerpts from Writing Without Teachers .
| | Poetry Chaikhana: Sacred Poetry from Around the World
Comprehensive archive of mystical poetry from many eras and spiritual traditions, with brief biographies of the authors. Both Eastern and Western cultures are well-represented. Site is indexed by author's name, religious affiliation, and time period. A great way to learn about other cultures. Editor Ivan Granger explains, "A chaikhana is a teahouse along the legendary Silk Road pilgrimage and trading route linking China to the Middle East and Europe. It is a place of rest along the journey, a place to shake off the dust of the road, to sip tea, and to gather together to sing songs of the Divine...."
| | Poetry Through the Ages
Poetry Through the Ages, a project of the Institute for Dynamic Educational Development (IDEA), is a free online exhibit that showcases poetic forms and movements from different cultures, with examples and instructions. A special feature of the site is a new poetic form called "node poetry", which breaks the traditional linear flow of a poem into branching clusters of words that the reader can read in different sequences. Drawing its inspiration from synthetic and visual poetry, the form is found exclusively online, and enables readers to take the poet's lines and construct the poem as they explore it.
| | ShawGuides - Writers' Conferences and Workshops
Directory to over 1,000 writers' conferences and workshops in the US and around the world. Browse by month, region and specialty. Listings are free to post and view.
| | Sheer Poetry
This British website, geared to teachers and students of writing, offers a collection of materials on poetry and poets by contemporary UK authors such as Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke, and Simon Armitage. Features include interviews, critical essays, study guides, and an online forum. Material for children is well-represented, as are women poets.
| | Tanka Teachers Guide 1st Edition
Tanka Teachers Guide, a public service of the MET Press in cooperation with the Tanka Society of America, contains primary materials and resources about tanka poetry which educators and students may copy without seeking permission.
| | textBOX: The Missouri Review Online Archive
textBOX is a collection of some of the best short fiction, essays and poetry from the archives of The Missouri Review, one of the nation's leading literary magazines since 1978. This free anthology is designed to provide access for students and teachers of creative writing and contemporary literature to some of the best short fiction, nonfiction and poetry published in The Missouri Review over the past quarter century. Every essay, story and poem in the anthology is accompanied by a brief critical introduction, interpretive and craft-oriented reading questions and writing prompts. Author interviews and audio files will be added as the site develops.
| | The Brown Bookshelf
This book review website is designed to raise awareness of the myriad of African-American voices writing for young readers. Their flagship initiative is 28 Days Later, a month-long showcase of the best in Picture Books, Middle Grade and Young Adult novels written and illustrated by African-Americans.
| | VOYA Magazine
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) is a bimonthly journal addressing librarians, educators, and other professionals who work with young adults. See their website for article submission guidelines, new books for young adults, and a free teen poetry contest with small prizes.
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