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What is Poetry?
What is Poetry?
Poetry:
Poetry:
Poetry is a type of "Artistic Writing" in which a poet carefully arranges language in an attempt to ignite the readers' feelings and emotions
What Does the Research Say?
What Does the Research Say?
Poetry builds reading, listening, and speaking skills.
It allows students to explore language and vocabulary.
Poetry inspires writing.
It encourages creative thinking.
Poetry has a positive impact on Social Emotional Learning for students because it encourages them to express their thoughts/ feelings.
It builds a love for reading.
Poetry helps us know each other and build a community.
It is accessible to all learners since it typically defies the rules of conventional writing.
Poetry teaches us how to say a lot in a few words.
It helps us understand different perspectives.
“Poetry enables teachers to teach their students how to write, read, and understand any text. Poetry can give students a healthy outlet for surging emotions.”
“Poetry enables teachers to teach their students how to write, read, and understand any text. Poetry can give students a healthy outlet for surging emotions.”
- Andrew Simmons
- Andrew Simmons
Key Terms:
Key Terms:
Alliteration: The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in words.
Acrostic Poem: A poem where the first syllable of each line spells out a name.
Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds in words.
Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds.
Haiku Poem: A form of Japanese poetry that has three lines. The first and last lines consist of 5 syllables, whereas the middle line consists of 7.
Limerick: A silly poem with 5 lines.
Line Break: When a poet chooses to end one line and begin another.
Metaphor: Compares two different things as if they were the same thing.
Onomatopoeia: The use of a word that sounds like its meaning.
Personification: Giving inanimate objects or animals human-like characteristics.
Repetition: A poem may repeat a word, phrase, or sound to add rhythm or emphasize a mood or theme.
Rhyme: A similarity in the sounds of words.
Simile: Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as."
Stanza: How the lines of a poem are grouped together.
Theme: Message or idea of the poem (there could be more than one).
Strategies:
Strategies:
Use visuals for guidance and to keep students focused.
Framed lines or stanzas.
Choose an object in the room for a topic.
Use examples of poems.
Collaborate to choose subjects/ choose them as a class.
Assign open ended topics that allow for student interpretation.
Allow students to select their own topics.
Connect poetry to music. Could teach them poetry using songs or show students how poetry and lyrics of songs are similar.
Turn poetry into play
Use gameplay: Try rolling a dice to determine the number of lines or vocabulary words to include. You could even pull words out of a hat to determine the subject.
Make it a performance.
Publish students' poetry:
Have a publishing party where students get to read their poems to the class.
Introduce poetry using poems your students can relate to.
Read each poem aloud to students more than once.
Start the lesson with a read aloud poem.
No right or wrong for interpretation of poems.
Differentiation
Differentiation
Poetry is typically comprised of less words, limiting confusion that could arise with lengthy texts.
Considering that the typical writing conventions are not required when writing poetry, students who typically struggle in writing may find it easier to get their message across.
There are various poem structures ranging from simple ones that struggling students can use to more complex structures that may be suited better for advanced students.
Requirements for what students need to include in their poems can be lessened or increased depending on if the students need more supports or more challenge.
Since it has such concise and purposeful writing poetry offers ELL students a wide range of opportunities to build essential skills in reading and writing.
"Reading, analyzing, writing, and publishing poetry provides opportunities for language learners to build vocabulary and fluency at all stages of language acquisition. The structure and form of poetry lends itself to language learning classrooms whether you are building literacy skills or exploring content." - Melinda Kolk
There multiple online resources that teachers can use when teaching poetry that offer different supports for students. One that is a great tool is the “Word Creativity Kit” app that has a bank of 4500+ words classified into categories based on theme. In this app students can choose from these already provided words or input their own, then move them around like fridge magnets and put them in specific orders to create poems.
What is so great about this app is that there is a button where the students can have the words read to them, or they can speak into the microphone which then types out the word they want to use. This tool could be especially useful for students who struggle with decoding words or have accessibility needs.
Assessment
Assessment
Poetry Analysis.pdf(Poetry Analysis Assessment)
If you are doing a poetry unit which teaches the students about certain elements of poetry you could first assess this knowledge with formative assessments like exit slips, highlighting certain elements in example poems, or other fun activities. You could then have the students create a poetry booklet that will be completed by the end of the unit.
The booklet would include pages for each type of structure that you review, and at the end of each corresponding lesson to that structure they could write their poem on that page of the booklet. By the end of the unit, the student will have an entire portfolio of their own poems which they could share at a publishing party.
There are so many different ways to assess a students’ knowledge of poetry. However, one of the best ways is to have them create their own poem(s). You could include whichever restraints necessary to assess the learning goals you had for the students like requiring them to include certain elements, follow certain structures, etc.
(Poetry Booklet Assessment)
PoetryPortfolio Assignment.docx(Poetry Portfolio Assignment)
Anchor Charts
Anchor Charts
Videos of it in Practice
Videos of it in Practice
Shared Reading of Poems in First Grade
Shared Reading of Poems in First Grade
Exploring Elements of Poetry Through Music
Exploring Elements of Poetry Through Music
3rd Grade Poetry Lesson
3rd Grade Poetry Lesson
4th Grade Poetry Lesson
4th Grade Poetry Lesson
Workshop
Workshop
Resources to Learn More
Resources to Learn More
References:
References:
(n.d.). Retrieved from https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/poetry/353645#:~:text=Poetry is a type of,rhymes, are simple and humorous
Aguilar, E. (2013, April 08). Five Reasons Why We Need Poetry in Schools. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/five-reasons-poetry-needed-schools-elena-aguilar
Candler, L. (2019, March 23). How to Teach Poetry, Step by Step (It's Easier Than You Think!). Retrieved from https://www.lauracandler.com/how-to-teach-poetry-step-by-step/
Davis, M. (2016, February 23). National Poetry Month: Useful Resources for Teachers and Students. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/national-poetry-month-teacher-resources-matt-davis
Education, C. (2019, January 17). Why teaching poetry in school is so important. Retrieved from https://www.celsianeducation.co.uk/celsian-blog/why-teaching-poetry-in-school-is-so-important
EducationalAppStore. (n.d.). Word Creativity Kit - The creative writing tool for kids Review. Retrieved from https://www.educationalappstore.com/app/word-creativity-kit-the-creative-writing-tool-for-kids
Hadaway, N., Vardell, S., & Young, T. (2001). Scaffolding Oral Language Development through Poetry for Students Learning English. The Reading Teacher, 54(8), 796-806. Retrieved November 20, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20204994
Kolk, M. (n.d.). Engage ELLs in Literacy-building with Poetry. Retrieved from https://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2018/articles/engage-ELLs-in-literacy-building-with-poetry
Proud to be Primary. (2020, January 07). Why is Poetry Important? 5 Reasons to Teach Poetry in the Classroom. Retrieved from https://proudtobeprimary.com/reasons-teach-poetry-classroom/
Routman, R. (2020, April 2). Kids' Poems: How to Introduce Poetry to Elementary School Children. Retrieved from https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/articles/lessons/kid-s-poems--how-to-introduce-poetry-into-the-elementary-school-.html
Studentreasures, & *, N. (2019, October 04). Imaginative Ideas for How to Teach Poetry to Elementary Students. Retrieved from https://studentreasures.com/blog/imaginative-ideas-for-how-to-teach-poetry-to-elementary-students/
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