My juniors had their poetry slam last week, and I thought I’d share some of the results. The social studies teacher and our site counselor served as judges. We served up some tasty hot cocoa, cookies, popcorn, and some wonderful poetry in our candlelit classroom, with a spotlight on the students. Just as I suspected, […]
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One of the most dreaded units in my junior English class is the poetry unit. Most seventeen-year-olds are simply not fond of poetry. I used to be one of them. Several things about poetry put me off as a student: contrived or awkward language; meanings or references that eluded me; and perhaps most of all, […]
