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Comment by Lyn Tiernan on November 6, 2009 at 7:31pm - I am new to this group and in the first few minutes I've laughed, found some great ideas and resources and been inspired. I'm teaching poetry to year 12 at the moment. Last week I set an assignment for students to retell the poem 'Father and Child' by Gwen Harwood (well known Australian poet) from the father's perspective. I was impressed by the enthusiasm and quality of their work and the way this task led students to 'get inside' the poem in a meaningful and personal way. I forget sometimes the power of the creative task.
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Comment by Laura Martingano on November 4, 2009 at 7:16pm - I use Hip Hop Poetry and the Classics also, with my RP students (students with disabilities in a co-taught classroom). Students love their music, so when you can find a way to honor and recognize their music as having literaru valuem which it does, you are hitting a homerun, like the Yankees have been doing tonight ;)
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Comment by Wendy King on November 2, 2009 at 4:42am - Yes! That's it. Thank you so much Jo. I spent hours looking for this - don't know why I didn't bookmark it the first time I found it.
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Comment by Jo Palmore on November 1, 2009 at 5:44pm - Wendy, the site is Joe Scotese's A Way to Teach: http://www.awaytoteach.net. Truly a remarkable site!
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Comment by Wendy King on November 1, 2009 at 1:59pm
- Help! Last year I found a wonderful idea on the internet. It had student creating powerpoint versions of poems - or maybe they were imovie versions. There were a couple examples and they were very creative. I've lost the link and I can't remember what they were called - maybe something like illuminated poems? elaborated poems? Does anyone know where I can find that again?
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Comment by Layla Wirt on August 14, 2009 at 4:59pm
- I am looking for ideas that will allow me to teach some post modernism poetry in 1-2 days. I know it does not do the movement or genre justice, but I am afraid time is limited in a trimester schedule.
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Comment by Joan Porter on April 27, 2009 at 2:24am -
http://www.hiphopintheclass.com/
Sorry, this is the website.
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Comment by Joan Porter on April 27, 2009 at 2:23am
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Here is a resource that I quite enjoy, and the table of contents to give you and idea of the wealth of ideas found within the book:
Hip-Hop Poetry and The Classics
CONTENTS
Core Literary Elements
Alliteration
Interpretation Guide
WRITING EXERCISE
Allusion
Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
For Women by Talib Kweli
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
WRITING EXERCISE
Epitaph
WRITING EXERCISE
Figurative Language
Haiku
Hyperbole
Interpretation Guide
WRITING EXERCISE
Imagery
Harlem: A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Juicy by Notorious B.I.G
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
WRITING EXERCISE
Irony
The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Meaning
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Me Against the World by Tupac Shakur
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Compare & Contrast
WRITING EXERCISE
Metaphors
The Weaver by Anonymous
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Respiration by Mos Def
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
WRITING EXERCISE
Mood
We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Hip-Hop Poetry and The Classics
A Roller Skating Jam by De La Soul / Follow Me by Sage Francis
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
WRITING EXERCISE
Onomatopoeia
The Congo by Vachel Lindsay
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Datskat by The Roots
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
WRITING EXERCISE
Pattern
If by Rudyard Kipling
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
How Many by Zion I
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
WRITING EXERCISE
Personification
Lodged by Robert Frost
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Mirror by Sylvia Plath / I Am Music by Common
Interpretation Guide
Compare & Contrast
Student Worksheet
WRITING EXERCISE
Rhyme Schemes Simile
WRITING EXERCISE
Sonnets
Another Sonnet for Stephan by Alvin Lester Sitomer
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Answer Key
WRITING EXERCISE
Symbolism
Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Three Strikes You In by Ice Cube
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
WRITING EXERCISE
Tone
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Francis Bourdillon
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Paid In Full by Rakim
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
WRITING EXERCISE
Hip-Hop Poetry and The Classics
Additional Poetic Resources
Reading Strategies
Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Author’s Choice – Classic
The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Author’s Choice – Hip-Hop
Fight the Power by Public Enemy
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Otha Fish by The Pharcyde
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Lose Yourself by Eminem
Interpretation Guide
Student Worksheet
Recital Exercises
Memorizing and Performing
Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Oral Interpretations
Assuming an Identity
Performing Team Poems
How to Host a Poetry Slam
Activities
Acrostics
Autobiographical Poem
Simile and Metaphors
Create a Poetry Journal
Poetry Journal Grading Rubric
Hip-Hop Poetry Word Search / Word Scramble / Answer Key
AP Exam Success
Initial Strategy
Multiple Choice Strategy
Essay Questions Strategy
Sample Essay Prompt: William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18
Sample Essay Answer Rubric
Gifted and Talented Education
Differentiated Lessons
English Language Learners
Bridging Comprehension
Extended Writing Activities
Create A Diamante Poem
Food As A Metaphor For Ourselves
Rewriting For Meaning
Rewriting For Opposite Imagery
The Alliterative Day In A Life
Appendix
Glossary of Terms
California Language Arts Standards
I completed a Hip Hop Poetry activity with the Advanced 12 class, and had them write and perform their own hip hop poem, and with lessons on internal/slant/end rhyme, etc. they anguished their way to great projects. They now how a profound respect for the "classical" hip hop artists!
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Comment by Kathleen Jensen on April 19, 2009 at 6:28pm - Thanks, Matt. I love it. Creation indeed.
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Comment by Matt Burns on April 19, 2009 at 6:15pm -
Another baseball gem:
Assignment #1: Write a poem about Baseball and God
Philip E. Burnham, Jr.
And on the ninth day, God
In His infinite playfulness
Grass green grass, sky blue sky,
Separated the infield from the outfield,
Formed a skin of clay,
Assigned bases of safety
On cardinal points of the compass
Circling the mountain of deliverance,
Fashioned a wandering moon
From a horse, a string and a gum tree,
Tempered weapons of ash,
Made gloves from the golden skin of sacrificial bulls,
Set stars alight in the Milky Way,
Divided the descendants of Cain and Abel into contenders,
Declared time out, time in, stepped back,
And thundered over all of creation:
"Play ball!"
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Hi Pat, I have never done these myself, but there are some great examples at VocabAhead Vocab Videos which also contains links to digital resources to help students create their videos. While most of the videos are done professionally, there is at l…
Hi Pat, I have never done these myself, but there are some great examples at VocabAhead Vocab Videos which also contains links to digital resources to help students create their videos. While most of the videos are done professionally, there is at l…
Thanks for your reply -- it was very helpful. I think I understand what you are saying -- kids do try to craft a dazzling sentence, rather than one with insight. And something simple can be insightful. But my concern is really the thinking behind th…
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Your "rambling" is fantastic. So much good advice. You know, I'm actually looking forward to writing now. I feel like I've got a handle on it.
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And what about the fact that often writers don't know what their thesis is until they begin reflecting in writing about a subject or occurrence? Happens to me all the time.
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