Teaching Poetry Tweets of the Day 3/31/14

 

Better get going.

Poetry brings us immediately to the top of Bloom's Taxonomy of higher level thinking, triggering growth of synapses in our brains as we struggle for personal meaning in the verse. Poetry satisfies our daily emotional nutritional requirements for serendipity, musical language, inspiration, mental challenge, comfort, schmaltz, and frequently, humor. Poetry is packaged in mystery, mathematical meter, and personal validation--equity in our own interpretations. I'm going to have the greatest time posting poetry tips every day for a month!

1. Five Poetry Teaching Tips for New Teachers

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/poetry-teaching-tips-new-teachers-lisa-dabbs 

2. Teaching Deeper Thinking With Poetry: Common Core 

http://allthingsupperelementary.blogspot.com/2013/02/teaching-deeper-thinking-with-poetry.html 

3. Poetry Out Loud

http://www.poetryoutloud.org/ 

4. What is Poetry Slam, Inc.?

http://www.poetryslam.com/content/what-poetry-slam-inc 

5. Poetry slam - Topic

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIOpZpNvV_JaeoEiJItPypQ 

6. Five Reasons Why We Need Poetry in Schools

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/five-reasons-poetry-needed-schools-elena-aguilar 

7.  Teacher’s Top Ten: Celebrate Poetry – 10 Fun Activities You Can Use When Teaching Verse http://busyteacher.org/7031-10-fun-ways-teach-poetry-classroom.html