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Teaching Tips
Could You and Your Students Use a Poetry Getaway?

Pamela A. Nelson

This article offers teachers and students an idea for a curriculum-related poetry break or “poetry getaway.” The teacher identifies poems that relate to classroom content or themes; then, he gathers a series of objects that connect to the poems and places them in a suitcase. When it appears that everyone could use a poetry getaway, a student is invited to select an object from the suitcase. The teacher connects the object to one of the poems and the curriculum before reading the poem. Students and teachers then return to their work having had a short break in the form of a poetry getaway. The author also provides suggestions of a diverse group of poetry resources to support themes in mathematics, physical fitness, social studies, language arts, and science.

Abstract from Nelson, P.A. (2005, May). Could You and Your Students Use a Poetry Getaway?. The Reading Teacher, 58(8), 771–773. doi: 10.1598/RT.58.8.7