[CASL-L] April - Poetry Month

[Goraieb, Juliet]

Thanks for sharing!  I will be sharing a poem a day through the month of
April through our Advisory Google Classrooms.  :)



On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 9:16 PM Nikki Esposito <nicole.esposito25 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Evening,
> Starting Monday, our annual poetry contest for students (and if
> teachers/staff would like to participate) will begin. I will be asking
> students to submit their poems to my email.  We are a small school; the 3
> top poets receive a gift card.   If it has been too difficult to choose the
> top 3, I have asked English teachers to help with voting. The contest will
> run until April 30th.
>
>
>
> Last year, I created a March Madness Poetry and started with 16 poems(64
> would have been way too many!)
> I set up brackets on a wall and students and teachers/staff voted daily.
> It was quite successful.
> [image: IMG_8981.JPG]
> Popular High School poems from the past
>
>    - "I wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth
>    - "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
>    - "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost
>    -   "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
>    - "Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
>    - "If" by Rudyard Kipling
>    - "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman
>    - "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns
>    - "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
>    - "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe
>
> Last year, *Crossing the Bar* By Alfred Lord Tennyson and *I Know Why The
> Caged Bird Sings *By Maya Angelou were the finalists, the winner was
> Crossing the Bar(students read this during Sophomore English and it was a
> popular choice!)
>
> Hope this helps, reach out if you'd like, I'd be happy to help!
>
>
> Stay healthy and don't forget to laugh every now and again!
>
> Nikki Esposito
> Westbrook HS
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 7:59 PM Egan, Danelle <egand at bethel.k12.ct.us>
> wrote:
>
>> We haven’t visualized it yet, but an awesome ELA teacher suggested
>> “Poetry Madness” bracket style like March Madness. I just need to hash it
>> out with her as to the details. And I guess I should get busy since it is
>> April in 4 hours!
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 7:42 PM Goraieb, Juliet <
>> jgoraieb at east-haven.k12.ct.us> wrote:
>>
>>> Good Evening:
>>>
>>> How is everyone celebrating National Poetry Month remotely?  I run the
>>> Advisory program at EHHS so I plan to post a poem a day.  DOes anyone
>>> have any poems that they love for High School aged students?  Or
>>> perhaps any videos of authors reading their poems?
>>>
>>> Looking forward to hearing everyone's creative ideas!
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Juliet Goraieb
>>> Library Media Specialist
>>> East Haven High School
>>> https://sites.google.com/a/east-haven.k12.ct.us/ehhs-lmc/
>>> 203-468-3361
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>> --
>> Danelle Egan
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Bethel Middle School
>>
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>
> --
> Nikki Esposito
> Library Media Specialist/Video Production Instructor
> Westbrook High School
>
>

-- 
Juliet Goraieb
Library Media Specialist
East Haven High School
https://sites.google.com/a/east-haven.k12.ct.us/ehhs-lmc/
203-468-3361
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