Notes From a Poetry Unit Draft

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This is a very rough draft that I will keep on the back-burner over the holidays. Since I will teach poetry in the spring, I have some time to figure out if my outline is feasible. I have half a semester to teach poetry, so I will be able to go more in-depth than I usually do.  Imagine, teaching the stuff I am actually good at doing. A treat for me!

I notice that all the projects in my unit, for the most part, use technology and require the students to publish their work online. Teaching in a one-to-one school has really opened up project possibilities. Where, normally, there would only be enough lab or laptop cart time for one project requiring computers, I am now imagining all projects as tech-heavy. Where I used to think poster, I now think website.

I asked the kids to jot down a list on Friday, like on paper, and a few students were honestly frazzled.

    "But can't I just type it, Ms. Hipteacher?"

    "Not this time. You can just use any scrap of paper. It doesn't matter what it is."

    "But I don't have any paper. Or a pen."

    "Fine. Just email it to me."

From where they are, what I plan on doing--iMovies, blogs, podcasts, websites, etc.--is nothing interesting. I could go much further with the tech. 

Comments

[Jason]

I like your poetry unit very much. It's similar to one I did while at a high school.

I might recommend trying to find an episode of "The Simpsons" where Moe and Lisa team up to write poems. There's also a great episode where Bart nominates his teacher for an award and while watching videos of nominees the judges remark that "Dead Poets Society" has ruined a generation of teachers.

The website www.newpages.com is a nice collection of literary magazines, some online, that your students might use to explore poetry, too.

Best of luck! I bookmarked your blog.

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[Mr. A]

I fear that technology will bring and end to the use of pen and paper and thus an end to the use of two additional senses (brain combined with hand).

The physical reinforcement of knowledge via pen and paper is essential!

Not that there isn't a place for high tech in the classroom, because there is...

Also, I can't download your poetry unit. I'd love to see it.

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[John]

I really like your approach. The cool thing about imovie is that you could come up with an activity where they could write a poem and have them pick images and music to further express the emotion of the poem.

[Magdel]

I think it is great that our generation can use high technology. It makes teaching much more interesting and fun, with much more opportunities and different approaches. :)
...But I also think that sometimes our learners still need to do things the old-fashioned way... It will be sad if learners have no interest in reading books, magazines and newspapers...

[Helga]

funny how poetry just pops out from your mind..it happened while i was shopping for teacher supplies last week..i couldnt find a paper to write it down :(

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