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Poetry Pauses: Teaching With Poems to Elevate Student Writing in All Genres

by Brett Vogelsinger

Resources

  • Introduction: Purposeful Poetry Pauses
    • Twenty of My All-Time Favorite Poems to Share With Students
  • Chapter 1: Poetry to Bring on the Brainstorm
    • Other List Poems to Bring on the Brainstorms:
    • Other Abecedarian Poems to Bring on the Brainstorms:
    • Other Golden Shovel Poems to Bring on the Brainstorm:
  • Chapter 3: Poetry Pauses for Crafting Narrative
    • Five Favorite Food Poems
    • Poems that Demonstrate Narrative Movement Well
    • Five More Poems to Demonstrate A Climactic Shift
    • Poetry Pause: Tell It Again in Flashes
  • Chapter 4: Poetry Pauses for Argument Writing
    • Poems, Topics, and Questions Chart
  • Chapter 5: Poetry Pauses for Writing Informative and Research Pieces
    • A Sample Assignment: Writing Poetry from History Research, Grade 8
    • Poems That Incorporate Facts and Research
    • How-To Poems
    • Poems that Work Well for this Exercise (in order of increasing complexity):
  • Chapter 6: Poetry Pauses for Improving Grammar and Punctuation Skills
    • Poems That Demonstrate Parallel Structure
    • Poems To Draw Our Attention to Nouns and Verbs
    • Poems and Punctuation Marks Chart
  • Chapter 7: Poetry as a Healthy Literacy Routine
    • Poems of Light and Hope
    • Five of My Favorite Poetry Podcasts
    • My Top Ten Favorite Poetry Websites
  • Appendix B: Reproducibles

Poems of Light and Hope

1. “Everything Is Going to Be All Right” by Derek Mahon

2. “Small Kindnesses” by Danusha Luméris

3. “won’t you celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton

4. “Boarding House” by Ted Kooser

5. “Kindness” by Steven Dunn

6. “Complainers” by Rudy Fransico

7. “Shake the Dust” by Anis Mojgani

8. “Something About the Wind” by Sidney Hall Jr.

9. “The Human Family” by Maya Angelou

10. “Whale Day” by Billy Collins

Published in the collection Whale Day, by Billy Collins, 2020

11. “For the Bird Singing before Dawn” by Kim Stafford

12. “Instructions on Not Giving Up” by Ada Límon

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