Module 10 | Session 2
Strategies for Teaching Writing
in Alternative Education Facilities:
Poetry

Mary Male, Ph.D.
San José State University

Objectives

Teachers will be able to:

• List and explain different types of poetic writing.

• Use poetic writing from students' journals (Session 1) to demonstrate that poetry is not what students think it is.

• Demonstrate poetry designed for reading and poetry designed for viewing.

• Select a variety of word play activities to stimulate fluency in writing poetry.

• Practice writing cinquains, lantern poems, haiku, diamantes, and limericks.

Agenda and Materials

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