Poetry is Like Directions for Your Brain

In this article is talks about how one of the major genres of language is poetry. Poetry could be the genre that gets kids excited about reading and makes them want to read and write more frequently. For teaching literature, teachers start off their classes by having a writing workshop right when the kids arrive to class. It is a way of greeting the children and a way to reinforce reading vocabulary. Then this class has a meeting where they go over vocabulary and strategies for reading. They then have a read aloud time where the teacher reads a book to them and incorporates what they just talked about. When choosing books in the classroom they have grade level, and or personal reading level books. The kids learn what books are age and grade appropriate for themselves.

For the poetry unit the kids made three categories and had to place each others poems under whatever category it fits, for example, feelings, things around us, images (pg.17). some kids may put all the poems they see under one, and others might try to really categorize them. Everyone sees and reads poems differently. It is made known to children that not all poetry rhymes because teachers do not want kids to be help back because they are trying to rhyme. The kids have milestones they hit, every-time they hit their milestone they get to move onto the next thing. This article talks about how kids need poetry and it’s good for them. It helps kids creatively and helps them make pictures in their heads of what they are writing or reading about. I think it is important for young kids to learn poetry because it’s a way of expression and it’s a good form or literature.