Journal

Language Arts

Joyful Noises: Creating Poems for Voices and Ears

by Laura Apol and Jodi Harris

Joyful Noises: Creating Poems for Voices and Ears
Grades
K - 8
Type
Journal
Published
March 1999
Publisher
NCTE

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Description

This article discusses the efforts of a fifth-grade teacher and a visiting poet to rekindle students' sense of poetic passion and pleasure and describes how the authors introduced students to poems for two voices.

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Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Moving Toward Acceptance Through Picture Books and Two-Voice Texts
Students read and discuss literature about intolerance and diversity. They work with a partner to write two-voice poems that illustrate situations of intolerance at their school and suggest a step toward acceptance.
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Compiling Poetry Collections and a Working Definition of Poetry
This unit introduces students to a variety of poetic forms and elements, as they compile their own collections of poetry.
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Creating Classroom Community by Crafting Themed Poetry Collections

Students create poetry collections with the theme of "getting to know each other." They study and then write a variety of forms of poetry to include in their collections.

Grades
1 - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
Composing Cinquain Poems: A Quick-Writing Activity
Students use themed graphic organizers to compose cinquain poems on topics common in the early elementary classroom.
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Composing Cinquain Poems with Basic Parts of Speech
Reinforce student understanding of parts of speech through the analysis of sample cinquain poems followed by the creation of original cinquains.
Grades
1 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Author & Text
In 1952, Paul Fleischman was born on this day.

Some of Fleishman's memories in his essay "My House of Voices" are shared with the class. Students then write a descriptive essay that gives a tour of the voices in their homes, school, etc.

Grades
K - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Literacy-Related Event
United States Congress officially adopted the position of Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 1985.
Students investigate the website of a past Poet Laureate's project and use it as a model to celebrate poetry that appeals most to them.
Grades
K - 8
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Professional Library
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Journal
Language and Literacy: The Poetry Connection
Offers a conceptual framework for building language awareness through the reading of poetry, encouraging children to reflect on language in interesting and powerful ways. Provides an instructional model for constructing literature-based experiences in the classroom.
Grades
6 - 8
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Professional Library
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Book
Living Voices: Multicultural Poetry in the Middle School Classroom
Jaime Wood offers middle school English language arts teachers material for teaching poetry by Nikki Giovanni, Li-Young Lee, and Pat Mora; the text includes graphic organizers and other resources.
Grades
6 - 12
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Professional Library
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Book
Getting the Knack: 20 Poetry Writing Exercises
Dunning and Stafford, both widely known poets and educators, offer this delightful manual of exercises for beginning poets.