I think haikus got me started on feeling successful in writing poetry and I
love the simple pictures that go with them. Although I do remember writing
limmericks in elementary school. I think that will be the first write your
own poetry I will introduce. I have started a poetry corner in my room with
a grand view out our second story window that opens to trees and the hill
country here in Texas. One of the books on our Bluebonnet list this year is
Amazing Faces and my students really related to some of the poems in that
collection. The state test in Texas (our new STAAR) will actually push
teaching poetry as we will now have poetry on the test--not at all sure
about the wisdom of that, but I know it will be an impetus to really explore
this genre in Texas as frequently poetry was saved for the last few weeks in
May. I am looking forward to exploring this book and poetry with my third
graders.
Laura C
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally Thomas" <[email protected]>
To: "mosaic listserve" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:00 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] Awakening Heart poetry discussion
Some of my thoughts to start us off with the Introduction and Chapter 1.....
Georgia mentions hearing a woman asking her husband if she has poetry inside
her.
Do you have poetry inside you? Do you think it¹s vital that a teacher has
or learns to have poetry inside to teach children to love poetry?? If you
don¹t think you have it, how would you go about growing it??
I remember writing kind of silly poems in elementary. Certainly not loving
poetry. High school, hmmm not really. College I was an English major and
did love the Romantics. But it¹s been since then that poetry has actually
entered my life deeply. Think it was partly deciding to work with poetry
with my high school students and later elementary students that dipped me in
so deeply and passionately. My students enthusiastic response caused a
reciprocal response inside me. So I would say I didn¹t originally have
poetry in my heart. I think we can grow it as we experience it with our
students!! I still feel unsure at times when I write poetry. It still
feels like a risk. But my students demand that I take that risk.
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