![Teaching Poetry in High School](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/682_2.jpg?h=9329b2f7&itok=od648mz3)
![The Magnetism of Language: Parts of Speech, Poetry, and Word Play](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1384_0.jpg?h=fee4874d&itok=Ikly-7lD)
![Talking Poetry with Blabberize](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/262.jpg?h=4ca9cb25&itok=Fc6M9RiL)
Students will be motivated to share their poetry through an online tool the features recording and animation.
![Living Voices: Multicultural Poetry in the Middle School Classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/677_2.jpg?h=cba516b9&itok=OUyqlhqV)
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After reading a book or magazine, children and teens can choose a section and transform it into what's known as a "found poem."
![Risking Intensity: Reading and Writing Poetry with High School Students](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/659_2.jpg?h=c2ee0dd9&itok=9GZN7QiA)
![Wordplaygrounds: Reading, Writing, and Performing Poetry in the English Classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/685_2.jpg?h=28267c0d&itok=GmNXDIrS)
![Pairing Fiction With Poetry and Performance](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1436_0.jpg?h=532f8413&itok=P_wcCk2h)
![Speaking Poetry: Exploring Sonic Patterns Through Performance](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1286_1.jpg?h=8c1344d8&itok=eelqGg4Z)
Using their voices as interpretive instruments, students gain a deeper appreciation of the art of poetry as they prepare a recitation of the frequently anthologized poem "Those Winter Sundays."
![Building Community through Poetry: A Role for Imagination in the Classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/620_0.jpg?h=031b01a4&itok=HzHHZDNK)
![Line Break Explorer](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/952.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=tUH1kgOE)
The interactive explores the ways that poets choose line breaks in their writing. After viewing the demonstration, students are invited to experiment with line breaks themselves.
![Seamus Heaney was born on this day in 1939.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1042_0.jpg?h=4fdd8d4a&itok=CDUHsPQk)
Students focus on the figurative language in Heaney's poem, "Digging," and discuss the speaker's attitude, and how metaphor, simile, and image contribute to the poem.
![Summarizing with Haikus](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/112_2.jpg?h=54c3999e&itok=ttylScli)
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![Close Reading of Literary Texts](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/186.jpg?h=bfa41935&itok=hj8u2aXl)
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![Casting Shadows Across Literacy and Science](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1421_0.jpg?h=4067958f&itok=iNByqSET)
Shadows, shadows, everywhere! In this lesson, students read fiction, informational text, and poetry about shadows to extend their knowledge of the concept before casting their own shadow poetry.
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Teen book awards provide an annual guide for readers in search of quality young adult literature reading recommendations. In her sixth annual celebration of the year's most distinguished books for teens, Jennifer introduces her personal favorites. Tune in to hear about coming of age novels, works of original historical research, and tributes to the pleasures of cooking, the power of graphic design, and the comforts of poetry.
![Word Mover](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/222.jpg?h=73541a1f&itok=9ZLKQgLd)
Word Mover allows children and teens to create "found poetry" by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text.
![Expanding Vision: Teaching Haiku](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/623_0.jpg?h=031b01a4&itok=7rbT759K)