[LIT] Poetry lessons/unit ideas!

[Beverly Maddox]

We have often talked about poetry on this list, and how to teach
it--here are 
two websites that were on Riverdeep's Thursday Classroom Flyer.  They
are both 
from the Yale-New Haven Teacher Institute and seem geared for high
school, but 
we members of the Lit Listserv are gifted at adapting lesson ideas.
Maybe you already know 
about the Teacher Institute, but if not, it's a source that can help
us add 
richness, relevance, and rigor to our curricula.  (I don't know why,
but i just 
hate that expression, "add rigor"--makes me think of rigor mortis,but
it's the 
latest educational buzz word in this district!) Well, I digress--here
are the 
URLs

A JOURNAL OF POETRY:
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1989/2/89.02.01.x.html

Four lesson plans explore the formats, vocabulary, and im-
agery of poetry. Guidelines for teaching poetry are also
included, along with tips on how to experience poetry.

WORKING WITH POETRY:
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1985/1/85.01.06.x.html

Taking an actor's approach to poetry, students will learn
how to experience and respond to poems. Several theater
games and exercises are included, as well as a great sel-
ection of possible poems to explore.

Bev Maddox, watering the lawn in Little Rock
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