In our poetry unit this year, our sixth graders read and memorized famous poems, were exposed to many different types of poetry, and tried their hand at writing their own poetry. Some of those poems include tanka, cinquain, haiku, acrostic, bio, concrete, diamante, ocean research, couplets, title down, and limericks. My students had fun creating poems that expressed who they really are. They also quickly discovered that writing poetry is very revealing, which can be scary. I am proud of their willingness to share this part of themselves with others. The openness and ease with which they...
In our poetry unit this year, our sixth graders read and memorized famous poems, were exposed to many different types of poetry, and tried their hand ...
In our poetry unit this year, our sixth graders read and memorized famous poems, were exposed to many different types of poetry, and tried their hand at writing their own poetry. Some of those poems include tanka, cinquain, haiku, acrostic, bio, concrete, diamante, ocean research, couplets, title down, and limericks. My students had fun creating poems that expressed who they really are. They also quickly discovered that writing poetry is very revealing, which can be scary. I am proud of their willingness to share this part of themselves with others. The openness and ease with which they...
In our poetry unit this year, our sixth graders read and memorized famous poems, were exposed to many different types of poetry, and tried their hand ...
The poems you are about to read were written and selected by sixth graders of the Fairfield Middle School in Fairfield, Iowa. These eleven- and twelveyear- olds were exposed to a wide variety of poetry throughout the year. Students read, chanted, sang, rapped, acted-out, interpreted, memorized, and recited poems from famous authors. They also learned how to write many different types of poems, including Japanese tanka, haiku and magazine haiku, acrostic, bio, cinquain, color poems, concrete, couplets, diamante, holiday poems, limericks, ocean research, and title down poems. The poems in this...
The poems you are about to read were written and selected by sixth graders of the Fairfield Middle School in Fairfield, Iowa. These eleven- and twelve...
The art of instruction does not come from the act of verbally spilling out obtained knowledge, hoping that someone will catch enough to impact them in some way. Learning, in the same sense, can not be truly obtained through passive actions. To truly instruct and learn, those involved must be engaged and stimulated by what surrounds them and engrossed in the task at hand. An understanding and trust must be developed between an instructor and student so there is a level of teacher/learner in one hand and a feeling of mutual respect in the other. Poetry is one of the most simplistic, but yet...
The art of instruction does not come from the act of verbally spilling out obtained knowledge, hoping that someone will catch enough to impact...
