Poetry Place

Faculty and Staff helped FCTS celebrate the conclusion of National Poetry Month by performing an online poetry reading.

        "XXXII" by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) -- read by Ms. Amy Bush:

        "The Pobble who had no Toes" by Edward Lear (1812-1888) -- read by Mr. Kevin Hollister:

        "Debris" by Wally Keniston, April, 2020 -- yet to be read by Wally Keniston.     

"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) -- read by Mr. Marcus McLaurin:

        "Thank you Lord for the Dark Ablaze" by Steve Scafidi (1967) -- read by Mr. Jeremy Mailloux. (He will give extra credit to his students who participate.)

You can still be a part of our act of literary and artistic service:

• 1. Find a short, school-appropriate poem... say between three to five minutes long.  This poem may be in English or Spanish. You are welcome to select a poem from the Poetry Out Loud collection, available on the library palette of online resources, or record a poem that you wrote.

  2. Set up a comfortable space where you will record yourself reading the short poem.

  3. During your video session:

  4. Greet your audience and introduce yourself. For example:  "Hi Franklin Tech, this is... "

  5. Give the title of the poem and the poet. For example: "The poem I am reading is... by... "  If the poem is in a printed book, please show the front cover.

  6. Pause for a second, then clearly read the poem at a moderate pace.

  7. Pause for a second, then politely wrap up your recording. For example:  "I hope you enjoyed the poem," or "Thank you for listening!"

  8. Post the video to your FCTS gDrive and share it with Mr. Keniston, or send the recording to his email address wkeniston@fcts.us. Thank you!

To utilize Poetry OutLoud...

1.  Click on "Welcome to the FCTS Library"

2.   Find the Online Resources Symbaloo

3.   Click on the button labelled "English"  

5.   Click on the box to view and listen to poems from many different poets.