To celebrate poetry month, Inter-Lakes has been involved in a variety of muse engaging activities! Throughout the school, poems, excerpts, and quotes by well known (and not so well known) poets have been hung up. Every other morning a short poem is read over the announcements to get the students in the mood to be creative.
There are several different poem related activities I've seen students take part in around the school. In art class, students are given older books. Opening the book to a single page, they block out the words with a piece of art and avoid covering a few select words to create a found poem. When students enter the library, they have the opportunity to create a magnetic poem that others can change and evolve. In my World Literature class, we've just finished reading The Kite Runner. Each of us chose a specific scene from the book and created a found poem. Once they were complete, the poems were hung in the hall according to their order in the book. Together, we told the story of The Kite Runner! Finally, to keep our muse flowing, the library is hosting an open mic on Friday before vacation.
There are many ways to stimulate your students by using poetry while giving them a lesson at the same time. What interesting methods can you come up with?
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