Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Trillium!
For my TE 458 course (Reading, Writing, and Teaching Poetry), we were required to plan and put on a poetry reading at the College of Education. This poetry reading, called Trillium, has been going on for a few years. This year, the featured poets were my professor, Janine Certo, and a nationally-known slam poet named Logic. My classmates and I in TE 458 were all required to share and perform an original poem that we wrote to an audience! This was an amazing experience! Everyone, including myself, was so nervous and so excited to share their creative poems and see how others would react! It was so cool to hear my classmates read their poems aloud in front of many people. This class is not only making me a better poet, but is giving me insight about teaching poetry! When I am a teacher, I want to do a big poetry unit, informing my students that poetry has so many possibilities! I also want to organize a poetry reading night, where my students can perform their own poems in front of an audience. Students love sharing their work... therefore, a poetry reading is an excellent opportunity for the students to build self-esteem and be extremely proud of themselves.
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I like your reading club idea! One more suggestion would be to have the students do presentations on a poet they like (a renowned author or maybe just a locally-known one). When I was in my 3rd year in college, we were assigned to do group presentations on selected poets. We were required to include some of the most promonent works by the poet and some biographical data as well. The presentations were almost like theatrical perfomances, with music, costumes, and props. I think it was a good way to have students immersed in poetry (sometimes we even actually wrote poems of our own as a tribute to the poet we were presenting).
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