Poetry WITS (Writers in the Schools)

ABOUT POETRYWITS LESSON PLANS
Poets/Writers in the Schools

Using Kenneth Koch's innovative ideas, this project envisions each poet working with the same class for three hours, divided up as one hour a week for three consecutive weeks, or as near to three consecutive weeks as schedules can manage. By the end of the time each student will have written a poem or several poems to share with the poet and the class. Students can adopt a pen name if any are more comfortable that way.

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TEACHING HAIKU
Lesson Plan for Grades 1-3

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WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN
Take a Dip in the Pool of Words

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CREATIVE WRITING PLANS
Lesson Plan for Grades 4-6

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CREATIVE WRITING IDEAS
Lesson Plans with Marie Kane

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If you are a teacher with a Lesson Plan or looking to put PoetryWITS into your classroom along with student poetry published online, please contact us with more information and we will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

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This project was supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.