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Pass the Poetry, Please

Pass the Poetry, Please. Presented by Jean Doolittle Media Curriculum Coordinator Minneapolis Public Schools. Poetry can be. The Appetizer. The first course of your lessons or activities An attention grabber A unit introduction A teaser of things to come. Poetry can be. The Salad Course.

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Pass the Poetry, Please

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  1. Pass the Poetry, Please Presented by Jean Doolittle Media Curriculum Coordinator Minneapolis Public Schools

  2. Poetry can be...

  3. The Appetizer The first course of your lessons or activities • An attention grabber • A unit introduction • A teaser of things to come

  4. Poetry can be...

  5. The Salad Course Tangy, zesty; with a bite to it! • Provoke thought • Inspire discussion • Encourage crunching!

  6. Poetry can be...

  7. The Bread Basket Bread is the staff of life, a basic food. Poetry is foundational to literature • Learn about poetry through poetry • Learn about writing through poetry • Learn about life!

  8. Poetry can be...

  9. The Main Course Poetry can be a substantial dish—it can teach concepts and create understandings that are hard to approach in any other way.

  10. Poetry can be...

  11. The Dessert Poetry can be fun like a sticky caramel apple, or beautiful like a multi-layered torte, but it’s always a good way to finish up!

  12. “Poetry is so many things besides the shiver down the spine. It is a new day lying on an unknown doorstep. It is Peer Gynt and Moby Dick in a single line. It is the best translation of words that do not exist. It is hot coffee dripping from an icicle. It is the accident involving sudden life. It is the calculus of the imagination. It is the finishing touch to what one could not finish. It is a hundred things as unexplainable as all our foolish explanations.”David McCord

  13. Poetry Books for the PreK-Grade 3 set Let the Books Begin!

  14. Last Song: A Poem

  15. Lets read “Anatomy Class” together!

  16. The wooden desk has LEGS AND SEAT The cups have LIPS My watch has HANDS The classroom rulers all have FEET HEADS, ARMS, HANDS, NAILS, Spines, legs, feet, tails, FACE, LIPS, TONGUES, EYES What a surprise! IS OUR CLASSROOM ALIVE? • The chair has • ARMS • The clock • A FACE • The kites have • LONG AND TWISTY TAILS • The tacks have • HEADS • The books have • SPINES • The toolbox has • A SET OF NAILS • Our shoes have • TONGUES • The marbles • EYES

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