The Uses of Poetry in the Classroom

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 05.01.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Imagist and Confessional Poetry
  4. Strategies as the Unit Unfolds
  5. Bibliography
  6. Poem List for Teachers and Students (can be found easily online at poemhunter.com or poets.org)

Who’s Your Daddy? Comprehension Strategies and Poetry Basics through Poems about Fathers

Mnikesa F. Whitaker

Published September 2005

Tools for this Unit:

Bibliography

"A Brief Overview of Confessional Poetry." Online. www. poets.org/viewmedia.php

    /5650. July 9, 2005. Available. This site established by the American Academy

of Poets is a quick, but thorough, read that provides links to important confessional poets and their work.

"A Brief Overview of Imagism." Online. www. poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5658.

    July 9, 2005. Available. Also set up by the American Academy of Poets, this site

    explains major tenets of this movement while also providing a sample poem with

    careful articulation as to how it fits the Imagist movement. There are also links to

    key poets and their poetry.

Beers, Kylene. When Kids Can't Read What Teachers Can Do. Heinemann: New

    Hampshire, 2003.A must-read for teachers who truly want to develop

    independent readers. This book is best used as a handbook, but its natural,

    narrative style makes it easy to read. The information about strategies and how

    to incorporate them into my teaching were inspired by this writer.

Brooks, and Warren. Understanding Poetry. Heinle and Heinle: United States, 1978.A

    fundamental resource for teachers, this fourth edition provides accessible and

    foundational information for understanding key aspects of poetry, so that you can

    pass that knowledge on to your students. It provides study questions and

    supplemental poems so that you can review key concepts.

Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse. Harcourt: New York, 1955.This novel is not only

    classic, but is helpful in helping one get a sense of how fathers are remembered.

    It's by no means a "necessity" for a successful progression through this unit, but

    can be helpful to teachers as they prepare to deal with this thematic content.

Yezzi, David. "Confessional Poetry and the Artifice of Honesty." The New Criterion Online.

    June, 1998.This Internet resource is easy to read and provides not only

    basics of confessional poetry, but also key links to other helpful sites to

    poets, poems and other movements in poetic expression.

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