Poetry

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/poet-shoes-performing-poetry-78.html?tab=4#tabs

a lesson plan that has kids performing poetry. i liked the way we did that in shakespeare and i thought it was something that i think would be useful in a classroom. it could be something that will help students to get a better grasp on poetry because in my experience, students are kind of scared of poetry.

I would definitely use love that dog in the classroom. i was thinking of even doing something like the book. having students keep a poetry journal. its something that after reading the book that students can see is doable and get excited about poetry.

the website for love that dog
http://www.sharoncreech.co.uk/doghome.htm

discussion questions for love that dog
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-love.html

good website with poems by students. All the poems written where inspired by love that dog
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-love.html

a pre made quiz that is related to love that dog
http://files.sjalisle.org/resource/battle-07-08/Love_That_Dog.pdf

Shakespeare

A website that i used for this section was... http://nfs.sparknotes.com/msnd/

it is a spark notes website for no fear shakespeare. i think this would be good in the classroom because 95% of the time i have a really hard time understanding shakespeare. so this is a book i can personally use before teaching shakespeare in a classroom.

I personally dont see myself teaching shakespeare in my classroom. i do not enjoy it, so i tried to find some activities online to save, because its not fair to students to miss out on something just because i dont like it.

i found a bbc website with a lot of videos on it, shakespeare in 60 seconds.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/shakespeare/60secondshakespeare/watch/index.shtml

cool videos, easy to show in a classroom. can be understood by kids.

cool website with paper cutout to use to rebuild the globe theater
http://www.papertoys.com/globe.htm