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Introducing your students to the faces and voices of the poets behind the poems they love will help them feel part of a community of poets.
 Issue Number 3
April 2009
 
Writing Workshop:
Poetry Genre Study

There is no writing study in which students can achieve more success and gain more confidence than with a poetry genre study. Students are natural poets because they look at the world with interest, wonder, and excitement! In order to support them in becoming successful writers of poetry, we need to encourage this natural inclination and provide them with examples of poems that are accessible and can serve as models for their own writing.

> Tips for Encouraging Our Students' Natural Inclination Toward Poetry

  This month we'll be
chatting about poetry at www.schoolwideblog.com.
In fact, people are already talking about how
poetry might impact literacy initiatives.
Click here to join the conversation.

One of the most important things teachers can do to help young writers achieve success with poetry is to find great poems to serve as models and guide our teaching. Consider these tips when looking for poems to anchor your genre study.

> Finding Poems to Guide Teaching

Do you want to take your students through an excellent poetry study but don't know where to start? Look no further than Writing Fundamentals. We have everything you need to help you nurture your young poets and teach them all the skills and strategies they need to become successful writers and readers of poetry.

Sample Lessons
Click here to view samples lessons.

Poetry Writing Fundamentals
Units of Study

Click here to purchase poetry units of study.


Check out what Schoolwide's Robin Cohen has to say about using poetry for developing vocabulary on the SchoolwideBlog
.