From friezes on government buildings to Mother Goose rimes, from liturgy verse passage to love letters, from songs played on the radio to singing games echoed by children, poetry is clearly interwoven throughout our lives.
Our study of poetry will involve rich learning experiences with thoughtful discussion and devoid of intense dissection. There will be an exploration of the form, structure, and literary terms that are typical of the genre of poetry, but most importantly, a spontaneous pleasure in poetry – student self-selections of poetry and acceptance of individual response to poetry, rather than a tedious analysis of the same poem and insistence upon the same interpretation of a poet’s work.
Credits
Inspiration for this unit derives from Nancie Atwell 's (2006) Naming The World and Georgia Heard's (1998) Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School.
