Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h0EI3iP04941; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:03:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:03:44 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <006201c2bbf7$0ac39020$6600000a@maria02> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Maria Elena Gonzalez" <maria@alri.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8463] Re: using poetry in the adult ed EL/Civics classroom X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2991 Lines: 82 A wonderful resource for using poetry and other literature in the classroom is "Luna, Luna - Creative Writing Ideas from Spanish, Latin American and Latino Literature", edited by Julio Marzan and published by Teachers & Writers Collaborative of NY (copyright 1997). Although the teachers writing about their experience are from the k-12 system, there are good ideas that can cross-over into adult basic education. One of my favorites is a reflection by Julia Alvarez on using poetry in a bilingual class. I have used some of her ideas in a training for teachers who thought they would be appropriate for use with their adult learners. Maria E. Gonzalez SABES Coordinator Adult Literacy Resource Institute/Boston SABES Regional Center 617-782-8956, X15 617-782-9011 (fax) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy J. Dewar" <teacher@wildak.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 6:05 PM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8457] Re: using poetry in the adult ed EL/Civics classroom > A light-hearted poem entitled "Wasps", stimulated a great deal of discussion > in my class. Each student was asked if they had ever been stung? Everyone > had a story to tell. > "Wasps" is a poem found in a book called Surprises. > > WASPS > by Dorothy Aldis > > Wasps like coffee. > Syrup. > Tea. > Coca-Cola. > Butter. > Me. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hillary Gardner" <hgardner@lagcc.cuny.edu> > To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 12:32 PM > Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8455] using poetry in the adult ed EL/Civics classroom > > > > Hello, > > > > I am preparing a brief conference session for EL/civics teachers on using > poetry in the EL/Civics classroom. I am looking for sample lesson plans or > suggestions of poems to use with adult ed students in the ESL/Civics > classroom. Specifically, I am looking for poems that touch on civics themes > (civil rights, community involvement, famous Americans), and especially > poems suitable for beginners in the ESL adult ed classroom. > > > > I have a large selection of poems by Langston Hughes, some from Carl > Sandburg, and many Native American poems. I have also had luck with poems > from the "Poetry in Motion" program and resources available from Teachers & > Writers Collaborative. However, most of the articles I have found online > discuss using poetry in the academic ESL classroom. I'd appreciate any > suggestions for good poems or good poetry writing exercises for low-level > adult learners. Has anyone had any successful experiences that they can > share? > > > > Thanks, > > Hillary Gardner > > > > EL/Civics Instructor > > Center for Immigrant Education and Training > > LaGuardia Community College > > Long Island City, New York > > >
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