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There are as many types of poetry as there are poets. From the poetry of Yeats to the lyric poets of the Harlem Renaissance to modern day poets who mix it all up with hip-hop culture, this month's collection of lessons, how-to's, and interactive explorations offer a wealth and diversity of poetry spanning the decades and global cultures.
Lessons:
Set a Poem to Music
Students will set a favorite poem to a rhythmic meter, and assign an original melody to the rhythm.
You Too Can Haiku
Students will write their own haiku, which they will publish on a Japanese-style scroll.
Creative Voices of Harlem
In this lesson, students learn about the artists of the Harlem Renaissance.
Dancing through Poetry
Students will review methods and create performances in which poetry can be expressed through dance metaphorically.
Rhythm & Improv, Jazz & Poetry
Students will listen to and analyze jazz music, and then identify jazz characteristics in poems by Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez, and Langston Hughes. Students will also incorporate these elements in their own original poetry.
The Poetics of Hip Hop
Students will analyze form in Shakespearean sonnets, works of American poets, then analyze hip hop music to determine common characteristics. Students will also write their own poetry.
Poets Got Them Blues
Through the analysis of blues lyrics, students will identify poetic elements in blues songs and draw connections between the two artistic mediums.
Uppity Farm Animals
Students will analyze problems and create solutions by dramatizing the story, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type and the poem, "Farmer Brown Has a Problem."
Scratch Dance
After gathering factual information on an insect of their choice, students will create and perform an original poem, and in the process learn how a poem can be used to communicate information.
Form and Theme in the Traditional Mexican Corrido
Students will analyze the themes and literary devices used in the traditional Mexican musical form of corridos.
Landscapes of the Mind
Students will explore four of Martha Graham's choreographies inspired by women, and analyze the expression of emotion and structure of narrative through written and verbal assessment.
Social Witness During World War II
Students will analyze the role of perspective and bias in poetry and photography, looking in particular at documentary photography of World War II.
The New York School: Action and Abstraction
Students will learn about the writers and artists of the Abstract Expressionism movement. Students will analyze imagery, style and technique in the poetry and visual art of the period.
Dalí & Desnos: Surrealism in Poetry and Art
Students will learn about the writers and artists of the Surrealism movement. Students will analyze imagery in poetry and visual art of the period, then create a poem incorporating surrealistic techniques.
How-To's:
From Flyer to Slammaster
Teach your students art of the poetry slam!
The Better the Poem, the Better the Performance
Get and keep your young poets excited about their new work!
Look·Listen·Learn:
Drop Me Off in Harlem
Drop Me Off in Harlem explores the vibrant, complex, and unique moment in time that was the Harlem Renaissance.
Corridos
Listen to audio clips of traditional and modern Mexican corridos with this multimedia resource. Sing along to historic recordings about key figures during the Mexican Revolution, and inspire students to compose their own corridos by listening to lyrics written by fellow high school students. Student composers featured on this resource were winners of the University of Arizona Poetry Center's Bilingual Corrido Contest for High School Students, an annual contest supported by the University of Arizona College of Humanities.
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