Poesía de la locura de marzo

Do you have a learner that loves basketball, March Madness, or just a little competition? Let's harness their interest and use it to help them learn to enjoy poetry. This class will host a Poetry March Madness! 

The poems we will read are quick and easy to read, but by using a tournament bracket format, students learn to read a poem multiple times and how to digger a bit deeper for meaning with each reading. Each class will focus on a specific topic and students will use that topic to determine a winner for each poetry pair until we have a winner. Each class will include a mini-lesson on a topic, the reading of multiple poems, class discussion, and finally, rating. 

Week 1: Topic: identifying the topic
              Read the Sweet Sixteen poems
              Discussion
              Rating to determine the Elite Eight

Week 2: Topic: identifying the tone
               Read the Elite Eight poems
               Discussion
               Rating to determine the Final Four

Week 3: Topic: identifying figurative language and imagery
               Read the Final Four poems
               Discussion
               Rating to determine the Top Two

Week 4: Topic: identifying theme
               Read the Top Two
               Discussion
               Rating to determine the CHAMPION

High School Sweet Sixteen List:
1. We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks
2. Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost
3. Ex-Basketball Player John Updike
4. Harlem Langston Hughes
5. America Claude McKay
6. I, Too Langston Hughes
7. Because I Could Not Stop for Death Emily Dickinson
8. Do not go Gentle into that Good Night Dylan Thomas
9. To My Dear and Loving Husband Anne Bradstreet
10. Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?
11. Hard Choices Jojoba Mansell
12. The Road Not Taken Robert Frost
13. Dreams Langston Hughes
14. Choices Nikki Giovanni
15. The Rose that Grew from Concrete Tupac Shakur
16. Success Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Every learner in my classroom is important to me, and I want each learner to feel comfortable. I want to address the needs of each student. Therefore, if you feel your student has special needs I should take into consideration please feel free to share those with me in a message.