Using+&+Teaching+Poetry

This wiki page builds upon our work in class 11 with the Milners, Atwell, and Orr chapters / articles and provides resources for using poetry, as well as teaching it. It will also include our Model Poem / Poetry Writing Activity Assignments.

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"Poems are other people's snapshots in which we see our own lives." -- Charles Simic

** POETRY RESOURCES **

 * [|Poetry 180] (not just for high school)


 * [|"Introduction to Poetry"] by Billy Collins (poem addressing problematic way poetry gets taught at times)


 * [|How to Read A Poem Out Loud] from Poetry 180 and Billy Collins


 * [|Library of Congress Poetry Resource Page]


 * [|Poetry Daily]


 * [|Web English Teacher: Poetry Section]


 * [|The Poetry Corner]: Group on [|The English Companion Ning]


 * ** Magnetic Poetry and related sites: ** [|Magnetic Poetry Online Play Kits]; [|Magnetic Poetry KIds' Poetry Page]; [|Magnetic Poetry Home]; [|Shocked Poetry]; [|Poetry4Kids]


 * Ralph Fletcher on The Poet's Craft: Leaving Images in the Minds of Readers - [[file:Ralph_Fletcher_On_Poets_Craft_RT_2012.pdf]]

** OUR MODEL POEM POETRY WRITING ACTIVITY ASSIGNMENTS **
Using the poetry writing activity completed in class 11 along with the packet of examples provided in class, post a link to your own poetry writing activity below. Include your name and the name of the poem prior to posting a link to your activity.

Meredith: Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda

Zakk W: Model "In Praise of Self-Deprecation" by Wislawa Szymborska

Bethany: William Carlos Williams: The Red Wheelbarrow/ This Is Just to Say:

Lauren: "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes

John: Facts About the Mon by Dorianne Laux

Matt: Never Shall I Forget by Elie Wiesel

Jenn: Invictus by William Ernest Henley