Articles for Teachers

Using poems to discuss more than poetry in the classroom.

Students write more creatively when they repeat themselves.

Classroom tips for approaching poetry, based on what matters most to you and your students.

Ways to make every text, every minute count with struggling readers.

Science fiction poems in the classroom.

Discovering the art of selection in creative work.

Poetry lessons and resources for teachers.

Breaking the rules can lead to better student poetry.

Students use their imaginations to expand a sense of self.

Frameworks for introducing poetry to the elementary classroom.

Using Black poetry in creative writing classes.

Students venture out into the world to discover their own true love, then return to share it.

Ways to teach the art of seeing.

Teaching poems by Jayne Cortez and Lucille Clifton.

Don’t write what you know; write who you aren’t.

Help students find the poetry in everyday language.

Illuminating classroom content with flashes of poetry.  

How to reach the more reluctant students with different life experiences.