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Teaching Poetry: Articles
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by the Education Oasis Staff
1. Allow students to enjoy reading poems aloud first before analyzing them. Spend a few days
simply savoring the sounds of poetry.
2. Allow students to create poetry using magnetic poetry boards. Create a muse-filled
atmosphere by dimming the lights and playing classical background music.
3. Allow students to record themselves (either on video or audio) reading poetry aloud. Create
a tape than can be "checked out" to take home. Younger students love poems in which they
can engage in onomatopoeia. Try also allowing students to team up and recite poems for "two
voices."
4. Give students each a magazine (which can be cut up). Have each student cut out 25 words
(putting them into an envelope as they go). When the student has accumulated the required
number of words, have them lay out the words and put them together to form a poem. Glue
words to construction paper.
5. Take a nature walk. Have students bring along pencil and paper to create a "word bank" of
descriptive words. What are the smells filling the air? What sounds do you hear if you sit
silently for a full minute? What does bark feel like when you run your fingers over it lightly?
Remind students to use all five of their senses. Once back in the classroom, have students
use their words banks to create a nature poem.
6. Create a "Poet-Tree" in your room. Using either a large, bare branch or an artificial tree
such as a silk ficus, have students clip their favorite poems to the tree. Each day take a "poetry
pause" and read one or two of the poems.
7. The Never-Ending Poem. Have each student write one line of a poem. Then, have them
pass their papers to the person behind (or beside) them. The next person writes one line and
then passes the poem along to the next, and so on. After ten or so passes, have some of the
students read the poems.
8. Make sure students understand the "creation" stage of poem making and the "editing"
stage are two different steps in the process. Some students try to edit as they create, which
can stifle creativity.
9. Allow students to perform "poetry plays." You can use those written by students, create your
own "plays" by adapting favorite poems, or go to the Poetry Teacher's website to download
suitable plays: http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetry theater/theater.html This strategy works
well at all grade levels.
10. Create a class poetry anthology. Have each student choose his or her "best," most
polished work for inclusion. Choose a snappy title for the book (e.g. Mrs. Paul's Plethora of
Poetry). Display the book prominently in the room.
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