March+11

= = // What poetry does at its very best is to make the reader feel. Feel deeply and truly. --Jane Yolen //

How do we introduce students to the craft and meaning of poetry, without relying on formulaic, scripted lessons? What challenges and opportunities exist within a unit of poetry study? =Writing Workshop= Mini-lesson: Six room-images Writing Time Response Groups
 * Genre Studies: Poetry** How do we use elements of poetry to enhance the quality of our writing?


 * Class time**
 * Reading and Writing Poetry**

__Georgia Heard's 3 layers of reading poetry__: 1) Make reading poetry inviting. Choose poems that are relevant, accessible, and non-threatening to students. 2) Help students find personal connections to poetry. 3) Guide students toward analysis of craft, meaning, searching through difficult poems.

__Writing poetry__  Look for the poetry that grows under your feet. --Rainier Marie Rilke 1) Help students find "where poetry hides." Typically, it's the ordinary, everyday things, people, events. 2) The heart door 3) The observation door 4) The concerns about the world door 5) The wonder door 6) The memory door 7) Infinite poetry doors

Tools to Help Craft Poetry || // ||
 * ~ Poetry Toolboxes:
 * ~ Meaning ||~ Music ||
 * = Image ||= Rhyme ||
 * = Metaphor ||= Repetition/Patterns ||
 * = Simile ||= Rhythm ||
 * = Personification ||= Alliteration ||
 * = Words ||= Words ||
 * = Line breaks ||= Line breaks ||
 * = Beginnings/Endings ||= Onomatopoeia ||
 * = Titles ||= Assonance ||
 * = Observation ||= Consonance ||
 * // from Georgia Heard's Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary & Middle School

==** __Resources__ NCTE Poetry Academy of American Poets  April is National Poetry Month **==

**Homework**
Bring Draft of Multi-genre Project due next week=100 points


 * Introduction
 * Genre 1: “Interview with an Expert” – an article that incorporates an actual interview with a teacher as well as supporting evidence from course texts and other sources
 * Genre 2: Mini-Lesson – a clear and concise mini-lesson that addresses the project’s topic, incorporates principles of the writing workshop, and connects to GLCEs and assessment.
 * Genre 3: Mentor Text—this may be presented in chart form, as an annotated bibliography, an article, or another genre that makes sense.
 * Genre 4 & 5: your choice of genre, but try something that is a bit uncomfortable to you (i.e., a creative form, article, poster, podcast, slide-show, how-to guide)