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ABINGTON
FRIENDS SCHOOL
The
Whole Tree, 2008-2011
Abington
Friends School in Jenkintown has a long tradition
of teaching children and teens to write creatively.
These are poems selected from THE WHOLE TREE, high
school literary magazine. Discover and enjoy their
individual and imaginative art!
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POETRY
NOIR
Souderton
Area High School
The
mission of Poetry Noir is to explore the universal
moments presented or "spoken" in Black-and-White
films with poetry writing. We will feature a film
clip and challenge to capture in words the poetry
the film clips suggest to you.
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SOUDERTON
HIGH SCHOOL
A
poetry workshop taught by the 2010 Montgomery County
Poet Laureate (MCPL), Grant Clauser, was designed
to help students engage and experience poetry. The
course included a look at poems both contemporary
and classic, and helped students learn to experience
the poem, rather than simply understand what it
“means.” The students talked about word
choice, imagery, metaphor and symbolism and took
part in writing activities designed to get them
to see and feel language in unique ways. Team writing
and group discussions were included.
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POETRY
WORKSHOP
Forgotten
Voices Poetry Group
Take
a Dip in the Pool of Words! A workshop for all ages.
Learn how to write poetry, listen to poetry, and
write your own poetry.
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BENJAMIN
RUSH
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Creative
Writing Lessons
Six
local Pennsylvania poets participated in this creative
writing project with 5th and 6th grades at Benjamin
Rush Elementary School in Bensalem, PA in February
/ March 2009: Joanne Leva, Camille Norvaisas, Elizabeth
Rivers, David Simpson, Wendy Steginsky and Bill
Wunder. Guide: Rose, Where Did you Get that Red?
by Kenneth Koch. Using Koch's innovative ideas,
this lesson plan is based on reading good poetry
to children and suggesting an assignment based on
those poems.
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INDIAN
VALLEY
MIDDLE SCHOOL
"What
is so wonderful about the moon...?" "What
keeps the happinesss wrapped inside of you?"
"Who owns the Raven? Who owns the Rose?"
"Why do you break the silence with your own
words?" With unanswerable questions such
as these to tickle the mind and heart, student poets
bring us their wonder about the mysterious world
we all inhabit.
Please enjoy these poems and illustrations presented
by Berdine Leinbach's 8th Grade Language Arts Classes
at the Indian Valley Middle School. The work was
completed in December, 2010 in response to Poetrywits'
Visiting Poets program. The lesson outline is also
available on our website.
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ARCADIA'S
QUI VIVE!
Center
for Writing, Book Arts,
and Performance
Arcadia
Unversity's Qui Vive! Center for Writing, Book Arts,
and Performance helps Philadelphia-area middle and
secondary students believe in themselves as writers
and poets through the process of experimenting,
manipulating, and performing the written word. We
believe that youth who think of themselves as competent
and creative writers produce powerful and interesting
writing, both creative and analytic. These poems
were created during our Fall after-school poetry
workshop focusing on the list poem. Qui Vive! was
created by and is run by Arcadia professors Leif
Gustavson and Tyler Doherty. For more information
about Qui Vive! or to listen to some of their poets
reading their work, check out their Web site: www.arcadia.edu/quivive
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NOT YOUR MAMA'S HAIKU
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POETRY
MIND MAPPING
Forgotten
Voices Poetry Group
In
the center circle, put the key word of your topic.
Write several other associated words or ideas in
surrounding circles and draw lines connecting them
to the center circle. Write words associated with
each one of those and place them in nearby circles,
connected with lines. You may have any number of
related or clustered words. They can be key words
for your poem, or anything related to your topic
or emotion. Select a cluster and write about it.
Continue with another cluster, and create another
poem! The
Parking Lot is where we put all the words that came
up after the "Spider Web" was complete.
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