April is National Poetry Month, and it’s the perfect time to inspire middle school students to explore their creativity with words. If you’ve ever wondered how to write poetry in a way that’s fun, accessible, and engaging, these five activities are a great place to start. Each encourages self-expression, creativity,
It’s April, and for ELA teachers, that means National Poetry Month! Poetry is the subject that kids think they hate…until they have a skilled teacher who brings passion and creativity to the unit. Read here for 5 powerful poetry activities to do with your middle schoolers for National Poetry Month.
April is National Poetry Month, but it doesn’t have to be April to introduce your students to novels in verse. Novels in verse appeal to students because they tend to move quickly and are told in rhythmic, interesting ways. Introducing your students to quality novels in this genre is a
If you teach poetry in your middle school ELA class, you know kids usually think it’s going to be boring. Kids often approach reading poetry with the assumption that poems are not interesting and that they are too difficult to understand. The answer? Start with really engaging and interesting poems
If you teach poetry in your middle school ELA class, you know it can be a struggle. Kids often go into your poetry lessons with the attitude that poems are not interesting, they are hard to write, and that it’s too difficult to understand poems. The answer? Start with songs
I might be in the minority, but I absolutely love teaching poetry. I especially love having kids write poems because I get to know my students on a deeper and more meaningful level. One of the steps to becoming a good poet is to be a good reader of poetry.
Teaching poetry…we either love it or hate it. I’m in the “love” category. Why? Poems are simply songs without the music…and middle schoolers love music. Once they understand that, and once we simplify the poetry writing process, they usually are in the “love” category as well. One way to simplify
Let’s face it…middle schoolers are not naturally enthusiastic about poetry writing. They often view it as something too difficult, unattainable, and quite frankly, too boring. They don’t grasp the concept of how to write poetry until we show them. It’s up to us to introduce our middle school students to
Teaching poetry to middle schoolers might seem complicated, but there are so many ways to do this simply and effectively. I have found that my kids (and I) enjoy this unit more than any other unit. And, I love to incorporate poetry throughout the year so that kids will understand
April is National Poetry Month, and it’s the perfect time to inspire middle school students to explore their creativity with words. If you’ve ever wondered how to write poetry in a way that’s fun, accessible, and engaging, these five activities are a great place to start. Each encourages self-expression, creativity,
It’s April, and for ELA teachers, that means National Poetry Month! Poetry is the subject that kids think they hate…until they have a skilled teacher who brings passion and creativity to the unit. Read here for 5 powerful poetry activities to do with your middle schoolers for National Poetry Month.
April is National Poetry Month, but it doesn’t have to be April to introduce your students to novels in verse. Novels in verse appeal to students because they tend to move quickly and are told in rhythmic, interesting ways. Introducing your students to quality novels in this genre is a
If you teach poetry in your middle school ELA class, you know kids usually think it’s going to be boring. Kids often approach reading poetry with the assumption that poems are not interesting and that they are too difficult to understand. The answer? Start with really engaging and interesting poems
If you teach poetry in your middle school ELA class, you know it can be a struggle. Kids often go into your poetry lessons with the attitude that poems are not interesting, they are hard to write, and that it’s too difficult to understand poems. The answer? Start with songs
I might be in the minority, but I absolutely love teaching poetry. I especially love having kids write poems because I get to know my students on a deeper and more meaningful level. One of the steps to becoming a good poet is to be a good reader of poetry.
Teaching poetry…we either love it or hate it. I’m in the “love” category. Why? Poems are simply songs without the music…and middle schoolers love music. Once they understand that, and once we simplify the poetry writing process, they usually are in the “love” category as well. One way to simplify
Let’s face it…middle schoolers are not naturally enthusiastic about poetry writing. They often view it as something too difficult, unattainable, and quite frankly, too boring. They don’t grasp the concept of how to write poetry until we show them. It’s up to us to introduce our middle school students to
Teaching poetry to middle schoolers might seem complicated, but there are so many ways to do this simply and effectively. I have found that my kids (and I) enjoy this unit more than any other unit. And, I love to incorporate poetry throughout the year so that kids will understand