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This should include classical poetry and poetry from a wide range of ethnic groups, race, gender, age, and backgrounds. Learning about poetry from different groups can help students learn a different point of view and may help them identify similarities they have to different groups of people. There are tons of poetry lists on the internet but make sure to take a look through Homeschoolliterature.com’s list-Classic Poetry to Inspire Teens
This can be done a variety of ways, especially for homeschoolers. Use background music, use smells as stimuli, use pictures and videos as inspiration. Weather permitting use the great outdoors, whether that is the busy city or the peaceful country to help students get in the mood to write their own great poetry.
This will show them the process of drafts, failures, and successes to help them get started.
Poetry can be a wonderful way for students to express the parts of the human experience that can otherwise be difficult to describe. A ton of words isn’t needed to put feelings on paper.
You can do this by teaching them the vocabulary of poetry: Lyric poem, ballad, epic, haiku, elegy, free verse, sonnet, couplet, ode, alliteration, metaphor, simile, personification, imagery, symbol, theme, tone, stanza, rhyme, and repetition.
April 20, 2019
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