3 responses to “A quick haiku about teaching poetry in 7th grade”

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   Fran McCrackin

   March 13, 2025 at 4:07 pm

   hoooo kay! Not what I expected! I was captured by your ‘without getting fired’ line in your intro, then I truly laughed out loud when I read your haiku. I guess you’ll find another way to teach poetry than stations. Or maybe you’re just done?!

   (Perhaps you’ll share some details? I am DYING to know what your 7th graders did with their stations! Though I can imagine some possibilities…)

   Oh, about the craft. Each word is spot on and each line couldnt be stronger. Love the unconventional use of haiku!

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   Alice

   March 13, 2025 at 8:46 pm

   I’m one of those oddballs who loves teaching poetry. I’m planning stations for 8th graders in a few weeks. One group rarely comes to the library, so that will make it…interesting.

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   butterfly.in.the.sky

   March 14, 2025 at 7:41 am

   I know that there is something to love about teaching poetry. I think that the problem was my timing. And also, that I need to do a better job establishing positive norms for group work. Which, since all these children are in middle school, and therefore super-mature, should be easy, right?

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