POETRY POETRY IS ALIVE IN THE CLASSROOM STUDENTS CAN COME TO APPRECIATE THE LANGUAGE THAT POETS USE. POETRY IS A VALID MEANS OF EXPRESSION

POETRY ALIVE REFLECTIONS POETRY ALIVE SERIES WILL: ORGANIZE A UNIT INTRODUCE A UNIT STRATEGUES EVALUATION

A POEM SHOULD BE READ ALOUD SHOULD BE READ MORE THAN ONCE ALL INTERPRETATIONS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE POEM

POEMS IS A MULTI- DINENSIONAL LANGUAGE NARRATIVE POETRY LYRIC POETRY BALLADE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE ELEGY SONNET FREE VERSE CONCRETE POEM FOUND POEM

POETRY IS VISUAL

POETRY CAN BE REPRESNETED BY MUSIC AND NATURE.

STUDENTS

NON-STOP WRITING FOCUS YOUR THINKING EVENTS WILL FOLLOW A LOGICAL SEQUENCE SOME IDEAS MAY NOT FOLLOW SEQUENCE REFLECTION COMPELS EACH STUDENT TO BECOME INVOLVED

ACTIVE LISTENING STUDENTS NEED TO LISTEN USE A SONG OR PRERECORDED POEM CHOOSE SELECTIONS THAT ARE RICH IN EMOTION STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE NO IDEA WHICH POEM IS GOING TO BE READ.

POETRY CAN BE FUN MAKE YOUR LESSONS INTERESTING AND FUN. STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A READER CONNECTION. STUDENTS WILL BECOME MORE CONFIDENT IN THEIR WRITING. THEY WILL ADAPT DIFFERENT MODES OF TEXT TO EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS.