Online Resources for ELA

I have been looking more thoroughly at the ELA resources in our resource links page. The pickings seem rather slim. I am having my 11th graders research an American poet as part of a multi-pronged poetry unit. They will have to analyze two poems from the author they choose, present to the class, and finally, there will be an opportunity for them to write their own poetry. However, in researching sites for information on American poets, I found six excellent sites that I have included in a document for my students to use. I will copy and paste them here for anyone interested in accessing the same information. These links are very complete, with direct links, in most cases, to complete works by each author.

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/country/America/American_poets.html

http://www.americanpoems.com/

http://www.americanpoems.com/poets

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/361

http://www.poetseers.org/the_great_poets/am

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/poets/poet.htm

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets.htm

I hope this helps others. Why recreate the wheel, when we can all share?
b.c.