The WRITE Time for Poetry shares how to get your students motivated, inspired, and have the stamina to grow and learn as readers and writers of poetry.

1. The WRITE Time for Poetry
Holly Marsh
www.thewritetimeforpoetry.blogspot.com

2. Welcome
INVITATION
If you are a dreamer, come in.
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean
buyer . . .
If you're a pretender, come sit by my
fire,
For we have some flax golden tales to
spin.
Come in!
Come in!

4. Student Comments
• It’s boring!
• It’s too hard!
• I don’t get it.
• It’s for girls.
• I don’t know what to write about. (Teacher
favorite)

5. Students Lack…
• Motivation
• Inspiration
• Stamina

6. What is the key to
getting your
students
motivated,
inspired, and
having stamina?

7. Poetry is…
Motivating!!!

8. Poetry is…
Inspiring!

9. Poetry is…
Stamina Building!

10. Where Do You “STAND”
on Poetry?
• Line-up
???
Not Sure

11. Immerse Your Students in
Poetry

12. Where do I Find Resources?
What are some poems, books, websites,
blogs that I can use?
• http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
• http://www.poets.org/
• http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/hom
e.do
• http://www.poemhunter.com/
• http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
• Poet Websites letter-from-poet_Joyce_Sidman.pdf
http://www.kristinegeorge.com/for_teachers.html
• Interview with poets Interview with Bobbi Katz

13. Setting Up Writer’s Notebook

14. Turn-n-Talk

15. Let’s Give Them Something to Talk
About…

16. Responding to Poetry- Guided

17. Responding to Poetry

18. How Do I Get My Students
to Dig Deeper?
How To Eat a Poem
by Eve Merriam
Don't be polite.
Bite in.
Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that
may run down your chin.
It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.
You do not need a knife or fork or spoon
or plate or napkin or tablecloth.
For there is no core
or stem
or rind
or pit
or seed
or skin
to throw away.

19. TeachWriteShare
Framework
• In a nutshell…
– I do it; You watch
• Teacher thinks aloud, explains, models.
– We do it: I do it, you help. You do it, I help.
• Teacher and students
• Shared Writing or Interactive Writing
– You do it; I watch.

20. Using Mentor Poems

21. Talking and Thinking
about Mentor Poems

22. More Thinking and
Talking

23. Give It A Go!

24. Poetry Carousel

25. Big Plans for Poetry
• Poetry Units of Study
– Theme
– Author Study
– Types of Poetry
• Mask Poetry
• List Poetry
– Poetry Anthology Project

26. Poetry Anthology Project
• How to start?
• What to do?
• When to do this?
• Where?
• Why?
• Who?

27. Guide Your Students

28. Parts are due each week
Poetry Anthology Project
Dear Students,
This year, you will be keeping a poetry anthology. In it, you will be collecting
published poetry you love and be writing many of your own poems.
The following is an explanation of what I will expect you to do.
Gather a few poetry books at the beginning of each month. You can borrow
some from the class library or take some out of our school library or the
public library. Spend some time each day reading and enjoying poems.
Identify those you love by placing a sticky note on the pages of your
books or recording the title and book from which you found the poem.
By the beginning of the next week, you should have found at least one
poem you especially love. Copy or photocopy it. It will eventually get
pasted onto the left side of your book. The right side will be for your
own writing. If you type a copy of the poem, be sure you type it exactly
as the poet wrote it. Do not change any spelling, punctuation or line
breaks.
Now you are ready to search through your writer’s notebook for entries
that you think could easily sit beside the published poem. You will see
that your writing has a lot in common with published poetry; perhaps the
subject is the same, the style, the mood or the feeling.
Once you have identified the entry you will use, you have some choices to
make. You can use everything you know about writing poetry and
rework the entry so that it becomes a poem. You may, however,
decide to use the entry as it is. If so, you need to revise, edit and type
it. It will go onto the right side of the page opposite the published piece.
We will set aside a time somewhere around the middle of the month for you to
share your work. At that time, you can schedule a conference to get
feedback and help with revising your work.
Illustrate the poems, choosing a medium and style that best suits the subject
and mood of each poem. Plan your illustration before you paste your
poems in. This way, you can be sure you’ve used all the space wisely.
You may do one illustration across both pages or you may choose to
illustrate each one separately.
Try to vary the medium you use each month. Remember to think about how
the images created in writing will influence the images you create with
your art.
Your anthology is due the last school day of every month. On this day,
you will have an opportunity to share your work with your classmates
and get their feedback. At the beginning of each month, you will
receive a blank calendar/checklist to help you schedule time to work on
this project. You will be expected to turn the calendar/checklist,
signed by a parent, in to me.
By the end of the school year, each of you will have a collection you will be
very proud of and will cherish. You will be amazed at how your work
changes over the course of the year.
I can’t wait to see the remarkable work you will do this year!
Happy Reading and Writing,
Mrs. Marsh

29. Poetry Anthology Project-
October

30. Poetry Anthology Project

31. Poetry Anthology Project

32. NOT ?

33. "The Pen" by Muhammed al-Ghuzzi
Take a pen in your uncertain fingers.
Trust, and be assured
That the whole world is a sky-blue butterfly
And words are the nets to capture it.
Thank you and Good Luck on your Poetry Journey!