Celebrate Poets!
from NCTE INBOX 3-25-08

It's just one week till the start of National Poetry Month, but you can celebrate poets all year with the resources included on the ReadWriteThink calendar. Each month, the calendar lists classroom activities and online resources associated with events in literacy and literature. You can find resources listed on the birthdays of poets such as these:

You might try activities highlighted on the day that Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" was published or the day that Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends first hit bookstores, or take a look at lesson plans and online resources celebrating Black Poetry Day, World Poetry Day, or the day that the Poet Laureateship of the United States was established. No matter what you choose, you'll quickly find that there are plenty of resources for sharing the love of poetry with students!

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