Presentation Notes Why teach poetry? - PDF document

Laura Candler Presentation Notes Why teach poetry? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Six Steps for Teaching a Poetry Unit That Your Kids Will Love 1. ____________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________ 4. ______________________________________________________________ 5. ______________________________________________________________ 6. What is Free Verse Poetry? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Questions to Discuss When Sharing Poetry __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Page 1 Free Webinars for Teachers at www.lauracandler.com/webinars

Compare Poetry and Prose ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 8 Commonly - Used Poetic Devices _________________________________________________________ 1. _________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________ 4. _________________________________________________________ 5. _________________________________________________________ 6. _________________________________________________________ 7. _________________________________________________________ 8. How to Get Kids to Dig Deeper into Poetry (Close Reading Strategies) ______________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ _____________________________________ _______________________________________ ________________________________________ Free Webinars for Teachers at www.lauracandler.com/webinars Page 2

How to Get Kids Talking about Poetry _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ What are the steps of teaching kids to write poetry? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ How do students benefit from learning to write poetry? ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Using Color Poetry to Introduce Poetry Writing ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Free Webinars for Teachers at www.lauracandler.com/webinars Page 3

Practicing Free Verse Poetry Formats ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Teaching Kids to Write Powerful Similes and Metaphors ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Strategies for Fostering Independent Poetry Writing ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Link to the Webinar Freebies and Resources Page www.lauracandler.com/webinars/ / FYI - This link won ’ t work until you know the missing part of the URL! Free Webinars for Teachers at www.lauracandler.com/webinars Page 4