The Reading Teacher's Playbook with Eva Mireles

How Do I Teach Poetry in Upper Elementary?

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In this episode:

You will walk away with clear steps for how to launch and teach your next poetry unit.

I talk about:

I talk about the what, the why and the how of teaching your next poetry reading unit.

1.The What- A type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions.

2. The Why- Teaching poetry allows students to be able to learn how to see the deeper meaning behind what a poet is trying to convey.

3. The How- I give you 5 main teaching points to zone in on in your next poetry reading unit.

Quotables:

  • Because the use of figurative language in poetry is commonplace this makes it the ideal genre to use to teach students the difference between literal and figurative language.
  • In order to teach students how to monitor their comprehension, readers need to be given a way to keep track of what they are reading one stanza or one chunk at a time.
  • It’s important to expose students to a variety of poets and poetry books will also allow students to see that lots of different people are poets and also see that poetry can be written in many forms.

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    Poetry Reading Response

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