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Try writing a Mesostic poem about your experience in today's
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ACTIVITY #1: POETRY REMIX!
Read the given poems & use your favorite lines to create a group found poem.
ACTIVITY #2: PERCEPTION POEM "Who Am I"
Create a poem/freewrite that explores the multiple perspectives of who you are...
The Power of Poetry!!
Charan P. Morris
ACTIVITY #3: CREATING A PANTOUM!
Using your best eight lines from today's freewrite, create your own pantoum...
ACTIVITY #4: BLACKOUT POETRY!
Pick the news article or The Bluest Eye excerpt as the text of your blackout poem.
ACTIVITY #5: PERSONA POEM
•You will attempt to capture the perspective of someone else through your poem/freewrite.
Native American Poet: Joy Harjo
19 years in New York
Hometown: Chicago A.K.A. The Windy City
Pair-share & Mesostic Poem Closing!
Try writing a Mesostic poem about your
experience in today's workshop!
IN PAIRS...
(1) Share your writing from one of today’s activities with your partner
(2) Share which activity you are most excited about trying with a group of students and why.
(3) Share which of these activities you could use in a unit not focused solely on poetry.
“Poem Activity Speed Dating”
Bachelor of Arts from New York University
Aim:
(1) To give participants 3-5 activities that they can use with their future students.
(2) To have participants explore themselves as writers and teachers of poetry.
(3) To give participants time to start generating poems that they can share with their students as models for each activity.
Masters in English Education from City College through the NYC Teaching Fellowship Program
Public School Educator for 15 years
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