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Direct linkHeard, Georgia – Voices from the Middle, 2009
Georgia Heard spent a week with students in New Mexico, encouraging their search for "self-portrait poetry"--poetry in which they saw themselves. She witnessed courage, pain, tragedy, and hope in the choices and writing of those struggling students, and came to learn that at least one among them had found a life-changing outlet.…
Descriptors: Pain, Poetry, Self Disclosure (Individuals), At Risk Students
Kuroly, Nicholas Todd – Voices from the Middle, 2004
A self-proclaimed technophobe, Kuroly takes the plunge with his eighth-grade class. As a group, they learn PowerPoint, research poets on the Web, and record favorite poems, all of which results in a triumphant series of PowerPoint presentations on favorite poets.
Descriptors: Computer Software, Grade 8, Teaching Methods, Poets
Gillespie, Joanne S. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2004
In this article, the author relates her teaching experience with seventh and eighth graders using poetry activities, and she describes how she teaches poetry by using "published" poems and by engaging the students in classroom activities. Though students in seventh grade usually have knowledge of poetic conventions, the author takes time to review…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 7, Teaching Experience, Learning Activities
