KS1 / KS2 English: How to perform poetry

Joe Coelho looks at how poetry can be performed, bringing the words to life rather than keeping them on the printed page, in ...
The New Criterion

Poetry Class at the Y

I’m teaching an eight-week class at the 92nd Street Y again this fall called On Prosody: A Poetry Workshop. Here’s a brief description from the Poetry Center’s website: “Students will explore the ways ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Math and Poetry Link at RIT—Unique Class at Forefront of Teaching

Gallileo was a poet…Lewis Carroll was a mathematician…Emily Dickinson wrote poetry about mathematics. What do math and poetry have in common? A lot, according to RIT’s Marcia Birken, professor of ...
People

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Surprise a Virtual Poetry Class: 'It Was Pretty Surreal'

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry shared some of their favorite lines of poetry Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are talking poetry! The couple made a surprise appearance in honor of Black History Month on ...
Maine Campus

Poetry classes should encourage writing before reading

My freshman year of high school marked my formal introduction to poetry. It wasn’t a great first impression, as one might imagine happens when pushing Shakespeare on a bunch of 14-year-olds. It lulled ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Immigrants use weekly English poetry class to learn language in Minnesota

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- A group of writers gathered in a room at the Great River Regional Library recently, sipping cups of Somali tea and enjoying slices of pie as they perused poetry displayed in little ...