Poetry immersion: Reading, writing and performing with secondary students

Abstract

In an attempt to counter the culture of high‐stakes testing and the instrumental coverage of poetry, the authors designed and taught a sustained, intensive poetry course to secondary students. In this article they advocate a deep genre study of poetry for students and teachers and highlight important principles from their work that are applicable in a variety of teaching contexts.

Key words:

• poetry
• writing
• teaching methods
• critical reading
• performance
• High School students

Notes

1  The names of all students have been changed, and all permissions have been obtained.