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  • Article for Teachers

    Haibun

    By Jack Collom & Sheryl Noethe
  • Article for Teachers

    Acrostics

    By Jack Collom & Sheryl Noethe
  • Article for Teachers

    Haiku

    By Jack Collom & Sheryl Noethe
  • Article for Teachers

    On Listening to Poetry

    By Hannah Brooks-Motl
    Some new approaches to teaching (the) poetry reading.
    A view from above of a record player.
  • Article for Teachers

    The Lune Link

    By Susan Karwoska
    Illuminating classroom content with flashes of poetry.
     
    Polaroid photos of different families.
  • Article for Teachers

    Teaching with Blues Poems

    By Sheila Maldonado
    Borrowing from song to write about what’s wrong.
    Black and white photo of Lead Belly with a guitar, surrounded by audience.
  • Article for Teachers

    Your Secret Hideout

    By Matthew Burgess
    Teaching poems about real and imaginary childhood spaces.
    A hut in a forest
  • Article for Teachers

    Before We Begin

    By B. Metzger Sampson
    Frameworks for introducing poetry to the elementary classroom.
    Small student seating with green chairs and tables.
  • Article for Teachers

    Agents of Imagination

    By Carol Jago
    Science fiction poems in the classroom.
    Illustration of a student dressed as an astronaut.
  • Article for Teachers

    Seeing Ourselves in the World

    By Mark Statman
    Poetry enables students to explore their identities and identifications.
    Reflection of people in the Cloudgate sculpture in Chicago
  • Article for Teachers

    On Sound and Rhythm

    By Jack Collom & Sheryl Noethe
    A way to start teaching poetry to children and young adults.
    Image of buildings on a waterfront becoming a sound wave
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