Slam poetry is often generated from a place of core feeling. Not always, of course, but much of the compelling performance and slam poetry to be found online and at local poetry slams seems to originate deep in the speaker’s heart. Because the topics are so close to the speakers, we often hear pieces about […]
Poetry Month: day 9
This week I taught my 6/7s about pantoums. A pantoum is a structured poem, written in quatrains, with the repetition of particular lines creating a morphing effect in the voice. Here is my Pantoum handout. My students were not learning poetry terms with their classroom teachers so at the top of my handout there is […]
Poetry Month: day 8
Today I bring you The Poetry Shed. The Poetry Shed is a page in the larger Literacy Shed. Here, you will find “animated poems as well as poems read by actors and authors along with written poems and teaching ideas.” (from the site)
Poetry Month: day 6
I have been doing a poetry activity with a grade 3/4 class this week inspired by the collection of poems by Mary O’Neill titled Hailstones and Halibut Bones. All the poems in the book are about a colour and are listy-type poems describing what each colour looks, smells, sounds, tastes, and feels like. There is […]
Poetry Month – day 4
I have two words for you: Shane Koyczan. You may remember him from a lunch-time salon at a BCTELA conference a few years ago, or you might have seen him preform at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Shane Koyczan is a BC spoken word artist, poet, and author. He has won a number of slam poetry […]