Spring is Here! Poetry Hop
I have joined up with my AMAZING literacy friends from The Reading Crew and we have put together this Poetry Hop in order to share some poetry ideas, poetry resources, and FREEBIES...
POETRY!
That one, 6-letter word can send shivers down the spine of an unsuspecting 6th grader. I have learned that depending on previous experience, it ranks right up there with these other horrors...
HOMEWORK!
DICTIONARY!!
STUDY!!!
My sweet students:
"Mrs. Beers, I hate poetry!"
"Isn't Dr. Seuss a poet? Dr. Seuss is SO kindergarten!"
"Can I just rhyme a few lines and be done?"
Me: "Sorry to hear that! Dr. Seuss is actually quite clever, even for adults, but we will not be focusing on his work. Poetry is not about just rhyming a few lines. Stick with me, I promise you will LOVE it!"
So I do what I hope every teacher works to do-CHANGE their impressionable minds into LOVING poetry with TRICKERY! Just kidding, instead of trickery, I utilize two AMAZING novels by Sharon Creech that seamlessly incorporate INCREDIBLE poems that will both challenge and engage students, and I teach them strategies to analyze poems that encourage them to feel more comfortable reading and understanding poems-Love That Dog and Hate That Cat! In addition, I give them the task of becoming the teacher and helping their student, Jack, find his way into accepting poetry and becoming a superstar poet in the process through poetry analysis and journal writing. You can check out these novel units, and then hop to my FREEBIE below...
So I do what I hope every teacher works to do-CHANGE their impressionable minds into LOVING poetry with TRICKERY! Just kidding, instead of trickery, I utilize two AMAZING novels by Sharon Creech that seamlessly incorporate INCREDIBLE poems that will both challenge and engage students, and I teach them strategies to analyze poems that encourage them to feel more comfortable reading and understanding poems-Love That Dog and Hate That Cat! In addition, I give them the task of becoming the teacher and helping their student, Jack, find his way into accepting poetry and becoming a superstar poet in the process through poetry analysis and journal writing. You can check out these novel units, and then hop to my FREEBIE below...
If you don't have time for novels, grab this FREEBIE sampler that I created. The entire We HEART Poetry! A Poetry Analysis BUNDLE gives your students the tools they need to make poetry analysis successful in 8-LESSONS. I know that there are years of extra snow and less school days, so I need to get my students where they need to be in the time frame that I am allotted. This is the ideal poetry resource to connect your students to poetry and make them LOVE it in a snap! Grab this snippet and let me know what you think!
I hope your students learn to HEART poetry as much as mine have! Now head to my friend, Sandy's blog, Sweet Integrations, to find another FANTASTIC resource. Happy Poetry Hopping!
A special thanks to these clip artists for their festive work...
Educlips, Jen Jones, and Epiphanous Owl.
Educlips, Jen Jones, and Epiphanous Owl.
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