Poetry - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T09:31:20Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/poetry-1?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A331276&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI think you might want to con…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-21:649749:Comment:3312762009-04-21T03:44:12.196ZJoe Fathereehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JoeFatheree
I think you might want to consider checking this link out: <a href="http://www.hbo.com/defpoetry/">http://www.hbo.com/defpoetry/</a><br />
It has given many kids a voice that most never thought they had.<br />
-joe
I think you might want to consider checking this link out: <a href="http://www.hbo.com/defpoetry/">http://www.hbo.com/defpoetry/</a><br />
It has given many kids a voice that most never thought they had.<br />
-joe I wrote an online poetry unit…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-20:649749:Comment:3312072009-04-20T23:37:27.326ZNancy Boschhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nbosch
I wrote an online poetry unit, <a href="http://adifferentplace.org/poetry.htm">What Rhymes With Squirrel</a>, a few years ago, you might find something you can use. Let me know if any of the links are broken and I'll fix them for you.
I wrote an online poetry unit, <a href="http://adifferentplace.org/poetry.htm">What Rhymes With Squirrel</a>, a few years ago, you might find something you can use. Let me know if any of the links are broken and I'll fix them for you. Try starting with the music t…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-20:649749:Comment:3311922009-04-20T22:16:08.302ZPat Ropchanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/PatRopchan
Try starting with the music they listen to. Check out this unit plan I found: <a href="http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2905">http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2905</a>
Try starting with the music they listen to. Check out this unit plan I found: <a href="http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2905">http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2905</a> Hi there
A European perspect…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-20:649749:Comment:3311382009-04-20T19:46:23.485ZSinikka Laakio-Whybrowhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SinikkaLaakioWhybrow
Hi there<br />
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A European perspective, maybe not appropriate for you, but why not? I have just finished a unit on the marvellous English-Jamaican poet <a href="http://www.benjaminzephaniah.com/content/index.php">Benjamin Zephaniah</a>. A good role model for students who may be struggling at school - he's suffered from dyslexia all his life and so written his poetry in his head and learnt it by heart, even had a stint in prison at 13, but has finished up with several honorary doctorates and awards. A…
Hi there<br />
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A European perspective, maybe not appropriate for you, but why not? I have just finished a unit on the marvellous English-Jamaican poet <a href="http://www.benjaminzephaniah.com/content/index.php">Benjamin Zephaniah</a>. A good role model for students who may be struggling at school - he's suffered from dyslexia all his life and so written his poetry in his head and learnt it by heart, even had a stint in prison at 13, but has finished up with several honorary doctorates and awards. A guy who loves reggae and looks awesome with his toothy grin and dreadlocks, has a really wicked sense of humour and practises what he preaches eg. being a vegan, making poems about animal rights, but human rights, too, and taking a stand against bullying, helping kids in South Africa etc. etc. The list goes on and on. Well, this was all about the person, but his poems are so funny, too. He's like a stand-up comedian on stage - just watch him perfom his poem <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4AgPSjzXkw">'Talking turkeys' on YouTube</a>! My students loved trying to learn his poems by heart and then performing them, just like the poet himself. Hi - I love Sharon Creech's b…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-20:649749:Comment:3308912009-04-20T15:24:14.669ZCarol Nhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/CarolN
Hi - I love Sharon Creech's book "Love that Dog" - it opens with "boys don't write poetry, girls do." It brings in Walter Dean Myers as a writer, along with Robert Frost and others. It's written like journal responses (if I remember correctly). Anyhow - I'd highly recommend it.
Hi - I love Sharon Creech's book "Love that Dog" - it opens with "boys don't write poetry, girls do." It brings in Walter Dean Myers as a writer, along with Robert Frost and others. It's written like journal responses (if I remember correctly). Anyhow - I'd highly recommend it. Thank you!tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-20:649749:Comment:3305932009-04-20T11:57:02.345ZL Wilsonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LaurelleWilson
Thank you!
Thank you! Awesome!! Thank you!!tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-20:649749:Comment:3305882009-04-20T11:52:32.507ZL Wilsonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LaurelleWilson
Awesome!! Thank you!!
Awesome!! Thank you!! Thank you! I teach at-risk 6t…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-20:649749:Comment:3305852009-04-20T11:51:24.594ZL Wilsonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LaurelleWilson
Thank you! I teach at-risk 6th and 7th graders who are very low academically.
Thank you! I teach at-risk 6th and 7th graders who are very low academically. I have had good success intro…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-20:649749:Comment:3305642009-04-20T08:58:47.324ZVictoria Hallhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/VictoriaHall13
I have had good success introducing poetry to my class using the poem '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberwocky">Jabberwocky</a>' by Lewis Carroll. There are great resources on the web to support your teaching, including a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm9o6DH_uzE">muppets</a> version on youtube. I usually start with a spelling test from the text - words like brillig, toves, gimble etc and I recite them in the context of the poem. Lots of literacy activities begin from here…
I have had good success introducing poetry to my class using the poem '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberwocky">Jabberwocky</a>' by Lewis Carroll. There are great resources on the web to support your teaching, including a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm9o6DH_uzE">muppets</a> version on youtube. I usually start with a spelling test from the text - words like brillig, toves, gimble etc and I recite them in the context of the poem. Lots of literacy activities begin from here including working out the meanings of the words and whether they are nouns, adjectives etc. from the contextual clues and finding portmanteau words. We have great fun translating the poem in groups and then build our own poems, usually in pairs. Original poems from my students have included titles such as Shopperwocky, GetSmartawocky and Crickewocky. We have done claymations and also stop frame animations with pictures and plasticine. I also love teaching 'Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!' by Doctor Seuss which is great fun and has lots of nonsense verse. ( I like to think that my classroom is a bit diffendoofer too!) You don't say what grade, so…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-20:649749:Comment:3305462009-04-20T04:01:59.853ZAnne Pembertonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnnePemberton
You don't say what grade, so I'll let you link to my Poetry page and maybe you can find some they like: <a href="http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/language/index-Poetry.html">http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/language/index-Poetry.html</a><br />
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The poem "I'm Nobody" is a flash program with a touch of animation. There are two original poems on the page, Utter Nonsense (which could be a model for your kids to write the own Utter Nonsense), and Fearless. Illustrating their own Utter Nonsense could…
You don't say what grade, so I'll let you link to my Poetry page and maybe you can find some they like: <a href="http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/language/index-Poetry.html">http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/language/index-Poetry.html</a><br />
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The poem "I'm Nobody" is a flash program with a touch of animation. There are two original poems on the page, Utter Nonsense (which could be a model for your kids to write the own Utter Nonsense), and Fearless. Illustrating their own Utter Nonsense could be fun. I only got the first verse illustrated. There are a number of poems by African-American poets in the collection, including the one by Phillis Wheatley to George Washington. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and How the Brought the News From Ghent to Aix are story poems. And, of course, you can have them tease ouf the words to some modern songs and see if it is poetic when written down and spoken. They could, like Phillis Wheatley, write poems to or about our new president and his family. Or about some local hero living or not. They could also write "concrete poems" - poems where the lines are arranged so it forms a picture of the subject of the poem.<br />
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Hope this gives you a good start.<br />
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Anne