Poetry Circles
Poetry circles will provide opportunities for my students to read poetry to one another and be exposed to more poets who express voice in interesting ways. The Poetry circle will be made of three to four students. Each group will be assigned a book of poems to read and discuss at their table. Students will take turns reading poems aloud. Each student must select three poems that he or she likes and copy them down to add to their voice portfolio. Each student must select one poem for recitation in front of the class and one poem to write about in their interactive journal. They may state what they like or do not like about the poem. They may discuss what imagery they discovered in the poem or the personal connections they feel to the poem. Once a student has completed his assignment he is free to move to another group and repeat the drill for the new book of poetry. The books that will be used for poetry circles are: Bronx Masquerade, Locomotion, Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry, and Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes. The poetry circles will be conducted for thirty minutes each day for the duration of the unit.
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