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Teaching Poetry in High School
by Albert B. Somers
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Type | Book |
| Pages | 234 |
| Published | June 1999 |
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Albert Somers offers teachers a vast compendium of resources for teaching poetry in a highly accessible format.
Somers, Albert B. 1999. Teaching Poetry in High School. Urbana, IL: NCTE.
Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity | April 1
April is National Poetry Month!
Students are assigned to be "poets of the day" and are provided several models to create, illustrate, and present their different poems to the class.
Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity | December 10
Poet Emily Dickinson was born in 1830.
Students discuss Dickinson's poem "This Is My Letter To The World" and use it to focus on how audience affects voice.
