TEACHING POETRY: PEDAGOGY & BEST PRACTICE

Teaching poetry is my passion. It’s been the area of English that I most look forward to each and every unit and after a decade of practice, I am finally ready to share some of my wisdom with the rest of the world.

THE BOOK

The book is two parts: part pedagogical philosophy and ideas to help you shape your approach to including poetry into the curriculum, and part categorized annotated bibliography. To help you think through poetry as a living component of the curriculum (rather than an isolated, decorative curriculum element), each edition of Teaching Poetry provides multiple categories in which to consider including poems. In the Spring 2020 edition, you will see the following categories & topics:

NOVELS:

  • Of Mice and Men

  • The Great Gatsby

  • The Catcher in the Rye

THEMES:

  • The Immigrant & Refugee Experience

  • Exploring Utopia & Dystopia

  • Social Justice-Seeking Voices

SKILLS:

  • Using poetry to teach Argument

  • Using poetry to teach Imagery

  • Using poetry to teach Metaphor

THE VIP MEMBERSHIP

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The Teaching Poetry experience doesn’t stop at just the ebook. The Spring 2020 edition of Teaching Poetry is simply the first installment in a series of many volumes of the book that will be produced biannually.

But that’s not it.

Teaching Poetry has a VIP Member community that we’d love you to join. VIP Members pay only $10 for LIFETIME access to an online library of resources that accompany the ebook. From classroom display posters to digital lesson plan outlines, the online experience of Teaching Poetry VIP Membership is a place that will make you feel even more supported on your poetry instruction journey in the classroom.

Here is a limited preview of the VIP Member Library:

  • The Big Six - Classroom Posters

  • The Big Six - Bookmark analysis tools

  • The Big Six - A ready-to-edit lesson plan for Charlotte Danielson style evaluative observations

  • Harnessing the Magic of Setting (video)

  • 4 Ways to Digitize Your Poetry Instruction (video)

  • …and a whole lot more!