The Write Time for Nonfiction Poetry PSU Presentation 2014

Session SummarySession Summary

This session will introduce, explain, and demonstrate how to teach your students to create a poetry anthology—a book of poems. This session will show you how to get started in getting your students to read and write like poets, how to use nonfiction mentor texts to move your students into producing poetry, and how to get your students to publish poetry. This session will focus on using poetry with an emphasis on nonfiction.

Objectives:Objectives: We will learn ways to incorporate nonfiction with poetry writing.We will learn ways to incorporate nonfiction with poetry writing. We will learn how to get students to produce and publish poetry.We will learn how to get students to produce and publish poetry. We will learn how to get students started with a Poetry We will learn how to get students started with a Poetry

Anthology Project.Anthology Project.

The WRITE Time for The WRITE Time for Nonfiction PoetryNonfiction Poetry

Holly MarshHolly Marsh

Holly.Marsh@dallastown.netHolly.Marsh@dallastown.net

The Magic that Happens When You The Magic that Happens When You Introduce Nonfiction and PoetryIntroduce Nonfiction and Poetry

How to get started in Poetry How to get started in Poetry Genre Study?Genre Study?

Prerequisite #1 : Marinate them in PoetryPrerequisite #1 : Marinate them in Poetry

How to get started in Poetry How to get started in Poetry Genre Study?Genre Study?

Prerequisite #2: Build their StaminaPrerequisite #2: Build their Stamina

How to get started in Poetry How to get started in Poetry Genre Study?Genre Study?

Prerequisite #3: Prerequisite #3: Teach them to Zoom in and FocusTeach them to Zoom in and Focus

How to get started in Poetry How to get started in Poetry Genre Study?Genre Study?

Prerequisite #4: Give them Time to Think Prerequisite #4: Give them Time to Think and Talk About Poems and Talk About Poems

Prerequisite #5: Model, Model, ModelPrerequisite #5: Model, Model, Model

Prerequisite #6: Share!Prerequisite #6: Share!

Elements of PoetryElements of Poetry

How did this poem make you How did this poem make you feel?feel?

ToneTone MoodMood Word choice***Word choice*** InspirationInspiration ThemeTheme

What did this poem make you What did this poem make you see?see?

With your Actual EyesWith your Actual Eyes Line breaksLine breaks FormForm Unusual punctuationUnusual punctuation StanzasStanzas Font Style & SizeFont Style & Size

With your Mind’s EyeWith your Mind’s Eye Sensory ImagerySensory Imagery Details and descriptionsDetails and descriptions Comparisons from similes and metaphorsComparisons from similes and metaphors PersonificationPersonification

What did this poem make you What did this poem make you hear?hear?

RhymeRhyme RhythmRhythm RepetitionRepetition OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia AlliterationAlliteration

The Top Five Ways You Can The Top Five Ways You Can Teach Nonfiction and PoetryTeach Nonfiction and Poetry

#5#5

The #5 Way you can teach The #5 Way you can teach Nonfiction and PoetryNonfiction and Poetry

NF topic: The Seasons NF topic: The Seasons Poetry Lesson: Word Choice- Using 5 Poetry Lesson: Word Choice- Using 5

SensesSenses

Teach the Importance of Finding Teach the Importance of Finding Just the Right WordJust the Right Word

Thinking and Talking about Thinking and Talking about PoemsPoems

The Top Five Ways You Can The Top Five Ways You Can Teach Nonfiction and PoetryTeach Nonfiction and Poetry

#4#4

The #4 Way you can teach The #4 Way you can teach Nonfiction and PoetryNonfiction and Poetry

NF topic: Animal ResearchNF topic: Animal Research Poetry Lesson: Word Choice and FormPoetry Lesson: Word Choice and Form

Student Original PoemStudent Original Poem

Student Original PoemStudent Original Poem

The Top Five Ways You Can The Top Five Ways You Can Teach Nonfiction and PoetryTeach Nonfiction and Poetry

#3#3

The #3 Way you can teach The #3 Way you can teach Nonfiction and PoetryNonfiction and Poetry

NF topic: Habitats and LandformsNF topic: Habitats and Landforms Poetry Lesson: Figurative LanguagePoetry Lesson: Figurative Language

Mentor PoemsMentor Poems

Analyzing Poetry-Lifting a LineAnalyzing Poetry-Lifting a Line

What I Read, What I Inferred, What the poem made me feel? see? hear?, What craft technique is the poet using?

Using Habitats and LandformsUsing Habitats and Landforms

The Top Five Ways You Can The Top Five Ways You Can Teach Nonfiction and PoetryTeach Nonfiction and Poetry

#2#2

The #2 Way you can teach The #2 Way you can teach Nonfiction and PoetryNonfiction and Poetry

NF topic: BiographiesNF topic: Biographies Poetry Lesson: Word Choice, Figurative Poetry Lesson: Word Choice, Figurative

Language, and ThemeLanguage, and Theme

The Top Five Ways You Can The Top Five Ways You Can Teach Nonfiction and PoetryTeach Nonfiction and Poetry

#1#1

The #1 Way you can teach The #1 Way you can teach Nonfiction and PoetryNonfiction and Poetry

NF topic: Historical Places or EventsNF topic: Historical Places or Events Poetry Lesson: Persona Poems-Point of Poetry Lesson: Persona Poems-Point of

ViewView

Student ExampleStudent Example

How to choose a mentor poem?How to choose a mentor poem?

Genre studyGenre study ThemeTheme Poetry Elements: Similes, Alliteration, Poetry Elements: Similes, Alliteration,

ImageryImagery Poet Poet Picture Book into PoemPicture Book into Poem Teacher PickTeacher Pick Student ChoiceStudent Choice

TimelineTimeline

Bends in the RoadBends in the Road

Resistance to RevisionResistance to Revision Can’t find mentor poemCan’t find mentor poem ““Madlib” poemMadlib” poem Not completed on time for presentation Not completed on time for presentation

dayday Poetry anthology book at home excusePoetry anthology book at home excuse As the year progresses, so do the As the year progresses, so do the

poems!!!poems!!!

Questions???Questions???

Thank you for attending my session Thank you for attending my session The The WRITEWRITE Time for Nonfiction Poetry. Time for Nonfiction Poetry.

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Holly.marsh@dallastown.netHolly.marsh@dallastown.net