How To Peel A Persimmon: On Teaching Poetry in High School
Carla Sofia Ferreiramusings & practical guides on how to teach poetry in the high school classroom
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Mini-Hiatus
Hi all! I am still adjusting to beginning a new job and teaching three new classes at a whole new level (having moved from teaching high school to college), and so alas, I was unable to give Jericho Brown and Ada Limón’s gorgeous sonnets th...
Lesson Plan: Chen Chen's "I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party"
Today I am thinking about beginnings & pauses & failure.
I am thinking about the beginning of the school-year and getting to know my students as whole human beings who have lives outside of the classroom that I will never fully know about...
Lesson Plan: José Olivarez's "Mexican Heaven"
Can a poem be a block party? Can a poem be a street festival? Can a poem be a city you love with the foods you love and the people you love?
At the beginning of my poetry unit, I often ask students as a conversation-starter: What can’t a p...
Two Lessons: Murder & Theft
Community-Building and Expectation/Boundary Setting
I like to start the school-year off with a little light murder and theft.
First, though, some thoughts on classroom management1 because it is relevant to how I present these activit...
An Update & Some Resources
Hi dear readers! Wow, I am overjoyed that you are still here. Tonight, I am running behind on my plan to discuss murder & theft & close-reading poetry, in part because I had a few hundred errands to run following my long road trip, in part...
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