  Poetry
This week: School Back Session: Teaching Poetry Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3  
More Newsletters By This Editor 
1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions
| ASIN: B07YJZZGW4 |
|
Amazon's Price: Price N/A
Not currently available. |
|
School’s Back in Session. Teaching a Poetry Lesson
Usually around this time of year I like to share ways to learn about poetry beyond what we share in the Poetry Newsletter. This year I wanted to twist it and share how you can teach poetry to others—and learn along the way yourself.
WHO
--Kids
--Preteens, teens
--Adults of all ages including senior citizens
WHERE
--Community centers, YMCA
--School classrooms, after school programs
--Senior centers, assisted living centers
--Online
--Poetry groups, your friends that enjoy poetry
HOW
--Start with a plan/lesson plan: what’s your goal? Is it to teach a certain technique, form, or just share your love of poetry?
--Be sure to tailor it to your audience. For example, pare down the difficult into smaller chunks for younger kids. Prep some things to help out. Let’s take spatial verse as an example. For young kids you may want to bring some precut shapes that kids can use as a way to create that type of poem. They can write it on the shaped item itself or use it as a guide and they can write around it to create their shape.
--Will critiquing be a part of your plan? If so, set some ground rules, and time for people to edit their work. This can be done in pairs, small groups or as a whole group.
--Don’t forget letting people share their work! Will it be a simple share at the end, or something fancy like a poetry & pancakes breakfast, or poetry reading tea, or an open mic night?
SO HOW DOES THE TEACHER LEARN?
--Well, teaching a concept helps solidify your own understanding of it.
If you decide to share your poetry knowledge with your community, please share with the newsletter! I'd love to hear about your poetic adventure!
Holly aka Red Writing Hood
|
Theme: Poetry Workshops, lessons, etc on WDC (for your own learning, or for examples of how you can share your own knowledge)
| |  | Invalid Item
This item number is not valid.
#1461280 by Not Available. |
| | | Invalid Item
This item number is not valid.
#2033326 by Not Available. |
The last one was added because the best learning is from doing, and this is my favorite writing challenge on WDC.
|
Have an opinion on what you've read here today? Then send the Editor feedback! Find an item that you think would be perfect for showcasing here? Submit it for consideration in the newsletter!
https://www.Writing.Com/go/nl_form
Don't forget to support our sponsor!
| ASIN: B07K6Z2ZBF |
Product Type: Kindle Store
|
Amazon's Price: $ 4.99
|
|
Feedback from last month's newsletter:
From: Azrael Tseng 
Comment: Thank you for featuring my poem in your newsletter, and for posing such an intriguing form challenge. I look forward to trying my hand at the chiasmus!
You're welcome, and thank you! I hope you had fun with the form 
From: 🎼 RRodgersWrites 🎶 
Comment: Thank you for including this quote in the newsletter: "Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them." I couldn't agree more! While some errors do not distract the reader much and/or do not interfere with conveying the message, most are quite distracting to me. I often try to calm others' dislike of grammar, spelling rules, etc. by likening it to a code. Codes can be fun, and our punctuation, spelling, and grammar rules are our agreed-upon 'code' to ensure that our messages get through to one another. A few more commas, appropriately placed, can smooth out the reading experience and greatly increase reading comprehension. Grammar isn't the enemy; it's our friend! Spelling rules aren't the enemy; they are our allies!
Exactly. I love your analogy.
|
| ASIN: 0997970618 |
|
Amazon's Price: $ 14.99
|
|
To stop receiving this newsletter, click here for your newsletter subscription list. Simply uncheck the box next to any newsletter(s) you wish to cancel and then click to "Submit Changes". You can edit your subscriptions at any time.
|
Poetry: August 29, 2018 Issue [#9088]
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
