poetry – Teaching English Language Arts

Ready for New School Year?

August 3, 2019July 31, 2019 by admin

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New School Year - Are you ready? “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do.” (Hale, 1870) For many educators, the beginning of…

Ignite Writing by Patterning

April 4, 2019April 29, 2020 by admin

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“There’s nothing new under the sun!” True, but students can be inspired by the old to do something new for themselves. Sounds weird, but that’s exactly what can occur when we invite students to pattern the writing they read. Students soon learn that close reading, analysis and imitation unleash bursts…

Celebrate and Educate

January 5, 2019February 24, 2020 by admin

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Black History Month and Common Core In the United States, February is Black (African-American) History Month, a time when many teachers tailor lessons to feature the contributions of African-Americans. Since the oral tradition is significant in African-American history, and since oral language skill is one of the English Language Arts…

POETRY-African American History Month Project

February 15, 2018September 28, 2018 by admin

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Celebrate Cultures February is a great time to incorporate an oral language component into your lessons and invite students to memorize and recite a poem by an African American poet. This assignment lists several to get you started. To increase confidence and decrease apprehension, give the students the grading criteria…

GRAMPOPPA – Poem with Pictures Project

June 24, 2017September 2, 2017 by admin

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Grandparents hold a special place in many families and we all have our favorite stories about them. This book, in free verse, shares some of those stories. Vibrant drawings help bring alive the relationship between family members and then, the book ends the invitation to write a poem about a…

POETRY Notebook – Product and Performance

April 8, 2017August 10, 2017 by admin

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Poetry Notebook Looking for a way to engage students to create a POETRY-Notebook that showcases their learning about poetry and other English Language Arts skills and completing a product/performance assignment that reflects your instruction to meet COMMON CORE STANDARDS. Here's a link to student handout to show how they can use Poetry T.I.M.E.…

April is Poetry Month 2017

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 by admin

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How are you going to celebrate in 2017? "What you learn through reading and writing poetry will stay with you throughout your life," Michelle Obama said in a statement about a national initiative to support the study of poetry. "It will spark your imagination and broaden your horizons and…

Preparing to Teach Poetry

March 14, 2015September 14, 2015 by admin

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Poetry at GVSU Here link to lesson "Preparing to Teach Poetry" presented at GVSU March 10, 2015 and based on Poetry T.I.M.E. described in TEACHING READING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL: Common Core and More (2013) and TEACHING WRITING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL: Common Core and More (2013).

Teacher Writes; Students Pattern

March 9, 2015April 5, 2019 by admin

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[caption id="attachment_6961" align="alignleft" width="156"] Image[/caption] The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Sonnets Ms. Nancy Himel, teacher from LA School District, and her class studiied "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and then she invited them to capture the tale in fourteen words, ending in a rhymed couplet! First, Ms.…

Women’s History Month – Research and Poetry

February 28, 2015March 3, 2015 by admin

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In the United States, March is Women's History Month. 2015 National Women's History Month Theme and Honorees: Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives 2015 Honorees Here's a link with resources to plan lessons to complement those suggested below. What an opportune time to feature the writing of females and to…

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