Poetry: It’s what the world needs now. Choose from these 8 poem ideas for high school students.
Category Archives: Writing Instruction
Poetry and high school students
Use poetry’s trendiness to encourage high school students to write poems.
Three poem ideas for Veterans Day
Try these three poem ideas for Veterans Day with your middle and high school students.
Will the phrase “stuck out” please go away?
Here are five alternative ways to say “stuck out”
Life lessons from Beowulf
I tried this Life Lessons in Beowulf essay with high school seniors. Here’s how it went.
A Sept. 11 Artifacts Poetry Display
Personal 9/11 artifacts and acrostic poems recall the depth of human loss Today, I’m posting some photographs sent to me from a fellow high school teacher, Joe Wolf, who last week tried my “The Stories the Artifacts Tell” lesson plan featured in this 9/11 lesson post. Wolf teaches at Hollister High School in southwest MissouriContinue reading “A Sept. 11 Artifacts Poetry Display”
How to get better “One-Word Summaries” from your students
Make these off-limits: the topic and their opinion In the past, after I assigned One-Word Summaries, I would often feel a little let down when I walked around the room, glancing over students’ shoulders as they wrote their paragraphs defending their chosen word. Read my post on the One-Word Summary if you’re unfamiliar with thisContinue reading “How to get better “One-Word Summaries” from your students”
Headline Poetry Reimagined and Redefined
My high school students take headline poems to the next level Again this year, I chose to start the school year with headline poetry. Both my in-school students and those learning at home created headline poems with words and phrases found and clipped from with a variety of printed materials, magazines, newspapers, and even junkContinue reading “Headline Poetry Reimagined and Redefined”
Encourage distance learners with creative “Color Poems”
Distance learners will enjoy this creative, fun poem activity about color!
Just in time for back-to-school: Three templates for Where I’m From poems
Plus photos and links to help you plan Back-to-school is the perfect time for Where I’m From poems. I’ve decided to repost this article from last May to help you add this great activity to your opening days. Where I’m From poems from the author and poet George Ella Lyons… you just can’t write enoughContinue reading “Just in time for back-to-school: Three templates for Where I’m From poems”
