POETRY AND LITERATUREDR. LAURA MCLAUGHLIN TADDEI
LANGSTON HUGHES
• DREAM KEEPER• BRING ME ALL OF YOUR DREAMS,
YOU DREAMER,BRING ME ALL YOURHEART MELODIESTHAT I MAY WRAP THEMIN A BLUE CLOUD-CLOTHAWAY FROM THE TOO-ROUGH FINGERSOF THE WORLD.
INTEGRATING POETRY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
• READ POETRY EVERYDAY WITH CHILDREN• POETRY THAT PRESENTS VISUAL IMAGES• SELECT POETRY THAT DOESN’T NEED A LOT OF EXPLANATION• WRITE CLASS POEMS ON CHART PAPER AND HANG AROUND YOUR ROOM• USE ART, DRAMA, AND MUSIC TO EXTEND CHILDREN’S INTERPRETATION
OF A FAVORITE POEM
POEM VIDEOS
• SPRING AND FALL FOR A YOUNG CHILD• SHEL SILVERSTEIN - ICKLE ME, PICKLE ME, TICKLE ME TOO• I CARRY YOUR HEART WITH ME
LINKING THE ARTS THROUGH LITERATURE
• SELECTING A THEME• WEBBING TO HELP CREATIVITY• WEBBING TO HELP PLANNING• COMPILING RESOURCES FOR LEARNING EXPERIENCES• SEE PAGES 298-300
WRITING A CINQUAIN
• FIVE LINES – DOES NOT HAVE TO RHYME• BROAD SWEEPING STATEMENTS
• FIRST LINE – ONE WORD• SECOND LINE – TWO WORDS• THIRD LINE – THREE WORDS• FOURTH LINE – FOUR WORDS• FIFTH LINE – ONE WORD
• TRY IT