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 h0EHhWP03737; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:43:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:43:32 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <F111gHWNZDzzrTJvInA00008518@hotmail.com> 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: "Mary Hogan" <maryhogan@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8462] RE: using poetry in the adult ed EL/Civics X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 4483 Lines: 142 Thanks, Andres. I'm doing a training on writing this weekend and wanted to include poety. Your ideas are perfect for our students. Thanks! >From: "Andres Muro" <AndresM@epcc.edu> >Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8461] RE: using poetry in the adult ed EL/Civics >Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:26:35 -0500 (EST) > >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 _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
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