I really did hate opening the book and finding out that this whole chapter had to be about poetry. I guess I knew it was coming... Christensen used poetry examples and activities throughout our whole book and we've been doing them in class, I just was hoping and wishing that there wouldnt be a whole entire chapter on them. A non-excited YAY. I guess its good to read and enjoy poetry, and write it of course, becuase like we've discussed, I dont want to teach my kids to hate poetry just because I dont enjoy writing it. I think the activities given have been great and that I would actually use them in my classes.
Beyond this, I loved the teaching of Martin Espada... that poetry can be about injustices and other htings than just nice and happy, or about yourself.
I really love the "remember me poems though", I think thats great to actually write about someone in the class. You obviously have to have a "community" estabilished already, but it defiently makes the student special, and makes everyone apretiate everyone. Nobody would feel left out, everyones included. I think it could make a class really feel connected and I think its a great idea.
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