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Tips for Teaching Poetry
Here are a num ber of creative and inexpe nsive sugges tions for
making poe try a more impo rtantpart of school life during April
and throughout the year.
These tips were developed with the help of the Dodge Poetry
Festival, the National Council of Teachers ofEnglish, and Teachers
& Writers Collaborative.
Preparation
Meet with other teachers and local poets to talk a bout how to
teach poetry to youngpeople.Talk with your school librarian abou t
ordering books a nd creating a poetry book display.Order a
poetryanthologyor other poetry books for your class.
Attend poetry readings in your community.Contact your state a
rts council or your local literary center.Reread some favorite
poems.Post favorite poe ms in fa culty and staff lounge s.Write at
leas t one poem be fore beginning a unit on poe try.Visit
Poets.orgto access audioor videoarchival material for use in the
classroom o r aspecial school-wide assem bly.
Reading
Begin each class with a poem by a different poet.Read a poem
over the public address system each morning.Ask students to
memorize poems and then recite them from memory.Read poems aloud to
your students.Organize a student poetry reading the local library
or bookstore.
Organize a Skype poetry reading where your students can interact
with students fromano ther part of the country or world.Organize a
field trip to a local nursing home and have students read poems to
theelderly.Ask each student to create his or her own an thology of
favorite po ems.Introduce a new poetic formeach week and give
examples of poems that useor reinventthe form.Have your students
read and discuss the poem featured on the National Poetry
Monthposter.
Writing
Publish s tudent poetry in your school newspape r or maga zine,
o r on your website.Publisha special anthology of student
poems.Create a school poem and ask each student to contribute one
line.Give s tudents a list of words andask them to create a poe m
using those words.Invite students to write poe ms in response to
their favorite poem s (or to news stories,songs, TV shows, or
artworks).Encourage students to write in the voice of someone elsea
parent, friend, o r teacher.Have your students discuss several
works by a specific poet by comparing and contrastinghis/her
poems.Hold poetry workshops where students discuss one another's
work.Have your students write short poems , put them in ba lloons,
and set them free.Have studen ts write a poem in the style of a
particular poet.Create and send poe try greeting cards to celebrate
National Poetry Month.Have students write to their mayor to
encourage an official National Poetry Monthproclamation. For
advice, visit www.poets.org/npm.Cha llenge studen ts to create a
poetry notebook and write one poem per day for every dayin
April.
Other Activities
Participate in Poem In Your Pocket Day with your class. For
tips, visitwww.poets.org/pocket.Film students reading their own
poems or poems by others; encourage them to sha re therecordings
with parents and friends. Create a Y ouTube channel for your class
a nd haveparents sign permission slips to allow you to post the
videos on YouTube.Have students give an oral report on the poet of
their choice performing as the poe therself. Have the student
recite some o f the poet's work.
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, , .Invite local poets to your school for readings , workshops,
o r discussions, or ask poetsfrom different parts of the country to
talk to your class via Skype.Have your class vote on 5 poems to
hand ou t in the cafeteria.Decorate the classroom or the school
with illustrated poems and pictures of poe ts.Hold a po etry
exchange day with poems wrapped as gifts.Encourage your local ne
wspape r to sponsor a contest for student poets.Organize a poetry
contest for teachers and administrators and se lect students to a
ct as
judges .
Success Stories from Past Years
The schools that had the greatest success during National Poetry
Month were those in whichindividual teachers and librarians
developed creative ways of m aking poetry a more im portantand
visible pa rt of daily life in school.
Rye Country Day School (Rye, NY)A poem was read for the students
at each morningmeeting. Inspired by Pinsky's Favorite Poem P
roject, students read a loud a fa vorite poemand e xplained its
significance to them. These poem s were compiled in an e -text
archive.In the upper classes, students created elegies based on The
New York Times obituaries.The fourth grade class performed "Poe try
in Motion" memorizing and acting out poem s.They created a poe try
wall where their poems could be displayed. They also m ade a"living
poetry anthology" posting fam ous poem s in various locations
throughout the halls.Students' original works were gathered into a
school anthology.
Miss Hall's School (Pittheld, MA)At morning mee tings attended
by the entire community adifferent teacher opene d with his/her
favorite poem. Sophomores gathered poe ms todedicate to a special
person with personal comme nts about the poem directed to
thatperson. The school sponso red a school-wide poe try contest of
published poem s to focus
on the po etry and on oral presentation skills.
Charlotte, MIA residential treatment facility for juvenile
offenders had a guest speake rread a favorite poe m in the m orning
and at bedtime e ach day. Two residents read theirown poetry at a
County Board of Commissioners meeting. Residents published a
bookcontaining their poem s. All guests to the facility received a
copy. They held a poetryreading for members of the community and
invited a local poe t for a presentation andpoetry workshop. Local
businesses passe d out poems written by residen ts to
theircustomers. Customers were asked to give feedback via
self-addressed stampedpostcards. Placemats with residents' poems
were used at local restaurants. In this secondyear of activities,
community members were very enthusiastic about participating in
NPM.
United Nations International School (New York, NY)Poe try clubs
me et for 20 minuteseach week to discuss a chosen poem. After
examining the Brueghel painting "PeasantWedding" and reading
William Carlos Williams' poem of the sam e name, sixth
througheighth graders studied a pa inting and wrote a poem about
it. These were presented to theclass and displayed on bu lletin
boards. A Poetry Caf was held for the fifth grade classes .Parents
decorated a classroom in the style of a French caf and provided
refreshm ents.Each student lea rned and recited a poem , in groups
or individually. Seventh gradersstudied Lorde's "Hanging Fire" and
wrote letters to the girl in the poem . Eighth gradersdiscussed Ca
rver's "In the Lobby of the Hotel Mayo" and wrote poe ms ba sed on
an even tthat changed their lives.
The Gillispie School (La Jolla, LA)A bulletin board of favorite
poem s from teachersdecorated a classroom ceiling to floor. A Coco
House Caf allows children to come induring recess and share poetry.
This started two yea rs ago during NPM and is now sopopular it
occurs every month. During NPM it is held every week. Students went
around thecommun ity and gave out business cards with poems typed
on them .
A.D. Healey School (Somerville, MA)Students mem orize a poe m a
month. On "PoetryNight" a classroom is converted into a coffee
house se tting and students recite thepoem s, staged with scene ry.
They do a dress rehearsal for upper grades and aperformance in the
evening for parents and o ther non-students.
Lincoln, RIStudents brought in songs to relate to poetry themes.
They posted original
and fa vorite poem s in areas where students congregate.
Students composed originalpoetry from artwork and photographs from
shared themes.
Centennial School (Utica, NE)Local poets shared poetry with the
kindergarten, third andfourth grade classes. The y handed out bookm
arks with poetry printed on them and hadthe children create poe try
using a "name game ." The children were very excited and theones
who had participated las t year but couldn't this year requested to
be involved.
Portland, OregonPoems were posted in faculty restroom stalls for
the fifth year. A "poetry
supermarket" in class ha d students choose a "product" they
like, read it to the class, a ndrespond in writing to its special e
leme nts.
Valencia Community College (Kissimmee, FL)An Evening W ith the
Poe ts allowed s tudentsto share their original poetry. Faculty mem
bers read their favorite poem s and expla inedtheir choice. This is
the se cond successful yea r and students are already asking
foranother one.
St. Marks Episcopal School (Houston, TX)Students in a sixth
grade class e ach chose apoet and memorized one to three poems to
recite to the class. Then they chose anotherpoem to "teach" to the
class using theme or content, structural literary devices, or
formsas a ba sis. They wrote o riginal ode s, couplets, or free
verse poem s which were compiledinto their own poe try book
containing ten original poems.
Reidsville, NCAt 11:00 all high school classe s stoppe d to
write poe try. Ideas for methodswere supplied. Every student's poe
m was posted in the ha lls.
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