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Poetry: August 29, 2018 Issue [#9088]

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 This week: School Back Session: Teaching Poetry
  Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3 Author IconMail Icon
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About This Newsletter



I found this poetry quote this week as I was reading about poetry:

"Poetry addresses individuals in their most intimate, private, frightened and elated moments...because it comes closer than any other art form to addressing what cannot be said." By W.S. Merwin

Found in this NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/books/review/a-few-questions-for-poetry.html




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Letter from the editor





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






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Theme: Poetry Workshops, lessons, etc on WDC (for your own learning, or for examples of how you can share your own knowledge)


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Feedback from last month's newsletter:


From: Azrael Tseng Author Icon

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 *Delight*


From: 🎼 RRodgersWrites 🎶 Author Icon

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.




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