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 h0E1qDP00108; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:52:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:52:13 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <F078EEE4D799064E95F003CFD9B4C7FC035159A7@UMBE2K1> 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: "Elsa Auerbach" <Elsa.Auerbach@umb.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8459] RE: using poetry in the adult ed EL/Civics classroom X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2061 Lines: 28 Linda Christensen has written a wonderful book called Reading, Writing, Rising Up (a Rethinking Schools Publication) which includes many lessons about teaching poetry within an activist, social change perspective. Marge Piercy has some great poems as well which fit with your themes. Pat Rigg turned me on to a poet named Tom Wayman who writes poetry related to the workplace (one book is called Going for Coffee), workers' issues. He has edited a volume called Paperwork available from Harbour Publishing Co, P.O. Box219, Madeira Part, BC, Canada V0N 2H0. All of these recommendations specifically relate to issues like civil rights, community involvement, civic participation, etc. Elsa Auerbach > ---------- > From: Hillary Gardner > Reply To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:32 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > 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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