Poetry was never one of my favorite subjects. It was probably the way it was taught to me. I sat in class, listened to the teacher, but all I heard was blah blah blah, determined what she wanted to see and produced a paper for an A. I would like to think that I can come up with creative ways to introduce children to poetry. I realize it is important as a teacher to try to be positive about the subject. I hope I will be able to come up with fun activities on poetry. I think an important issua to remember is to let the children pick topics that they are interested in. I did find a wonderful childrens book that teaches children about poetry. the poems are actual poems that young children have written. They are poems telling the children's experiences of having ties to both America and Latin America. one of the peoms is a little girl account of being a translater from spanish to english for her parents. the child was 10 years old when she wrote the poem. Once reading these peoms I will never forget the children.
BOOK NAME: I AM OF TWO PLACES
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