Poe and Poetry NAME: Karen George SCHOOL: Pickerington High School Central WORKSHOP LOCATION: Columbus, ORCLISH TITLE OF ACTION PLAN: Poe and Poetry GRADE LEVEL(S): 9 CURRICULUM/SUBJECT: Language Arts, Advanced Writing Seminar II SPECIFIC TOPIC: Poetry This pathfinder provides sources for analysis of PoeBs poetry, books of poetry collections, and tools for locating poems. Dewey Numbers: 808.81, 811, 821 Subject Headings: American poetry; Children's poetry; Folk songs, American; Humorous poetry; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poetry; Poetry -- Collections; Poetry -- History and criticism; Poetry -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Young adult poetry, American. BOOKS (NON-FICTION) 1. Abbs, Peter. The Forms of Poetry : a Practical Guide. Cambridge, United Kingdon : Cambridge University Press, 1990. 2. American Ballads and Songs. New York : Granger Book Company, 1984 3. Glenn, Mel. Split Image : a Story in Poems. New York : HarperCollins, 2000. 4. Grimes, Nikki. Under the Christmas Tree. New York : HarperCollins, 2002. 5. Hughes, Langston. The Block. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Viking, 1995. 6. Koertge, Ronald. The Brimstone Journals. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2001. 7. Koontz, Dean. The paper Doorway : Funny Verse and Nothing Worse. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. 8. Lansky, Bruce. My Dog Ate My Homework. New York : Meadowbrook Press, 2002. 9. Lewis, J. Patrick. A burst of firsts : doers, shakers, and record breakers. New York : Dial Booksfor Young Readers, 2001. 10. Nelson, Marilyn. Carver, a Life in Poems. Asheville, N.C. : Front Street, 2001. 11. Nye, Naomi Shihab. 19 Varieties of Gazelle : Poems of the Middle East. New York : Greenwillow Books, 2002. 12. Poe, Edgar Allan. Complete Poems. New York: Gramercy Books, 1992. 13. Poe, Edgar Allan. The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe : with Selections from his Critical Writings. New York : Barnes & Noble Books, 1992. 14. Poe, Edgar Allan. Edgar Allan Poe : Poetry for Young People. New York : Sterling Publishing Company, 1995. 15. Singer, Marilyn. Footprints on the Roof : Poems about the Earth. New York : Knopf, 2002. 16. Talking to the Sun : an Illustrated Anthology of Poems for Young People. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1985. REFERENCE BOOKS 1. Lies, Betty Bonham. The Poet's Pen : Writing Poetry with Middle and High School Students. Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1993. 2. Poetry for Students : Presenting Analysis, Context and Criticism on Commonly Studied Poetry. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, 2002. 3. Survey of American Poetry. Great Neck, N.Y. : The Company, 1986. The World's Best Poetry, the Granger Anthology. Great Neck, New York: Granger Book Co.,1982. 4. The World's Best Poetry Supplements. New York : Poetry Anthology Press : Roth Publishing, 1986. WEB SITES (FOR STUDENTS) RothBs Lit Finder for Schools Website - Requires a username and password. INFOHIO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Literature Online from Chadwyck-Healey Oxford Reference Online SELECTED ARTICLES FROM INFOhio ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Poe's THE BELLS. By: Graham, Kevin. Explicator, Fall2003, Vol. 62 Issue 1, p9, 3p; Reading Level (Lexile): 960; (AN 11867619) Poe's THE RAVEN. By: Freedman, William. Explicator, Spring99, Vol. 57 Issue 3, p146, 3p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1190; (AN 1982553) The artist of the beautiful. By: Hoffman, Daniel. American Poetry Review, Nov/Dec95, Vol. 24 Issue 6, p11, 8p, 2bw; Reading Level (Lexile): 1350; (AN 9511301401) Poe's THE CITY IN THE SEA. By: Garrison Jr., Joseph M.. Explicator, Spring90, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p185, 4p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1100; (AN 9603290094) MEDIA RESOURCES 1. Edgar Allan Poe. Videocassette. Aims Video, 1972. 9 min. 2. The Time, Life, and Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Videocassette. SVE/Churchill Media, 1994. 35 min.