Resources

• English 120 Resource Manual, prepared for the GNWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment by the NWT Literacy Council, 2006.
• English 130 Resource Manual, prepared for the GNWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment by the NWT Literacy Council, 2006.
• Northern Writes, Entries from the 1997 NWT Writing Contest, NWT Literacy Council.
• Northern Writes Study Guide, NWT Literacy Council, 2006.

Websites

• Outta Ray’s Head – The Poetry Page
  http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/poetry.htm
  Dozens of poetry units that revolve around theme and/or styles. Each unit has example poems and instructions for teachers and learners. Some examples are:
  • The Introductory Unit
  • What Poetry Tries to Do
  • The Imagist Poem (study and assignment – any grade)
  • Kyle’s HUGE Poetry Unit
  • Readers Theatre
  • Seeing Poetry Through Song Lyrics
  • Poetry Booklet Project – Intermediate
• Teaching Poetry
  http://www.amalnet.k12.il/meida/english/engi2096.htm

This site has several different activities and lessons: Poetic News, Nature and the Poet, The Beat of Love, Art and Poetry, Everyday Life and Language as Poetry.