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 h0EHRSP02791; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:27:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:27:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <se23e552.015@nmail.epcc.edu> 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: "Andres Muro" <AndresM@epcc.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8461] RE: using poetry in the adult ed EL/Civics X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.5 Status: O Content-Length: 3758 Lines: 118 Poetry can be used at all levels. Of course you need to select poetry that meets the educational level of the learner. A long time ago one of our students wrote that he felt like a bird with no wings because he couldn't read. That alone is a poem. Alma Flor Ada has a lot of excersises to build writing skills using poetry. For example, she suggests giving the students a promt such as I am like.... Then she asks the students to compare themselves to an object, thing, animal, etc. I am like a rock I am like a cat I am like a flower I am like a bird You can continue to add different elements to this excersise, such as: I am like a ......that...... I am like a ......because I am the......that....... You can explore other constructions such as I feel like..... I need.... I want..... Hope that this helps, Andres >>> susanefl@hotmail.com 01/14/03 09:45AM >>> I am surprised at using poetry in ESL. Poetry is so difficult to translate. Would this be a college level class? Susan >From: "Miriam Burt" <miriam@cal.org> >Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8456] RE: using poetry in the adult ed EL/Civics >classroom >Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:49:04 -0500 (EST) > >Hillary: > >In 1999, NCLE published a digest by Joy Peyton and Pat Rigg about using >poetry in the adult ESL class. It offers suggestions/activities on how to >read a poem in class and how to write one. It even has a lesson plan for >one poem included there. The poem is about working, so the content is >directly related to adult ESL. > >Check it out online at http://www.cal.org/ncle/digests/Poetry.htm > >Miriam >********* >Miriam Burt >Associate Director, National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) >Center for Applied Linguistics >4646 40th Street NW >Washington, DC 20015 >(202) 362-0700 (phone) >(202) 363-7204 (fax) >miriam@cal.org >***************************************** >Visit NCLE's Web site at www.cal.org/ncle >***************************************** >We're the only national center devoted exclusively to providing technical >assistance to those working with adults learning English as a second >language. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Hillary Gardner [mailto:hgardner@lagcc.cuny.edu] >Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:31 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 _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
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