Posted by Celia Brogan We’re all so busy. We are passionate educators and want the best learning experiences for our students and there are always so many things we want to plan for them, and learn for ourselves. Finding new local texts to offer our students is something that can take a bit of time […]
Poetry Month: day 20
Well, this April has been pretty good, poetry-wise. I will finish this series by telling you about a poetry month initiative I run in my school. The idea was shared with me by a colleague and I’ve modified it a bit. I wouldn’t be surprised if other schools do it too. It’s called Poem in […]
Poetry Month: day 18
Poetry sucks. Or at least, that’s what we hear all the time as English teachers. It’s boring, and dull, and doesn’t make sense. It’s not alive. And, it’s old school. As my English Connected team began planning what we could offer for students in our upcoming focus on poetry last month, we discussed the plethora […]
Poetry Month: day 14
Happy Earth Day! I taught again today the lesson I described on day 10. It was another group of 6/7s and I used the same poems from Joyful Voices for them to practice and present. One difference was that I didn’t use the Shane Koyczan “To This Day” as the introduction. I found that, while […]
Poetry Month: day 10
I am introducing performance poetry to my students this week. My plan is to give them a taste of an example and then move into two-voice poems. I will introduce them to Shane Koyczan by showing them the first six and a half minutes of this, and then I’ll hand out poems I’ve photocopied from […]