Poetry isn’t dead, it’s just been beaten into submission. That seems to be the fear of poet Billy Collins in his poem “Introduction to Poetry.” To breathe life into poetry, Collins and the Library of Congress have developed Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools.
Entries from August 31st, 2007
Poem a Day Project Breathes New Life into Poetry
August 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments · Poetry, Teaching
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How to Maintain Classroom Discipline Film from 1947
August 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Classroom Management, Education, Professional Development, Teaching
Talk about “old school,” here’s a teacher training video from 1947 that gives pointers on how to manage a classroom. It’s fairly humorous, but I think it can also lead to valuable discussion. Try to disregard the “Leave it to Beaver” dialogue and focus on the points they’re trying to make. As you watch, ask [...]
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How to Help Students Choose Books to Read
August 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Lessons, Literature, Reading, Teaching
In their book Moving Forward With Literature Circles, Day, Spiegel, McLellan and Brown give a simple, effective way to help students learn how to choose their own books to read. They write that we should get students to move beyond choosing books based on the five-finger method, and instead “choose books based on skimming a [...]
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