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Poetry Writing That Supports Reading Standards - Found Poetry and Blackout Poetry

Learn more about using Found Poetry and Blackout Poetry as a creative assessment for those reading standards!

Assessing Writing, Best Practices, Differentiating Writing, Poetry, Writing AssignmentsGuest UserMarch 29, 2018Poetry to assess reading, Reading Strategies, Poetry Lessons, Poetry, Teaching Poetry, Found Poetry, Blackout PoetryComment

Tone Tunes: Using Music to Teach Tone in Poetry

Being able to decipher the tone of a piece of writing is crucial to being able to decipher the thematic message of a text. This is absolutely true for analyzing poetry.

For Teachers Who Hate Teaching Poetry: Teach Poetry Emulation, Here's How...

As a teacher who loves teaching writing it is hard for me to admit I don't love teaching poetry. But here it goes...I don't enjoy teaching poetry. But I can't just skip teaching poetry! That would be writing teacher sacrilege!

PoetryAmanda WernerMarch 15, 2018Poetry, poetic devices, poetry activitiesComment

Confessions of an English Teacher who does NOT Love Poetry-GASP!

How I overcame my distaste for poetry while still eliciting a love/appreciation of poetry from my students!

FREEBIES, Mentor Texts, Modes of WritingGuest UserApril 18, 2017#ela #edchat #iteachtoo #iteachmiddle #teach #teacher, #ela, #edchat, #iteachtoo, #iteachmiddle, language arts, english, ELA, High School Poetry, Middle School Poetry, Poetry, April Poetry Month Comments