Poetry Recital - Take 2 - Some advice...

We had a special guest in class today. Dr. Deborah Toope came to spend the morning with us and participate in our Language Arts classes. Dr. Toope is the facilitator of the Teachers as Researchers Action Research group I'm a part of. She was very impressed with our class and really enjoyed some of the conversations she had with students.

Before she left, she gave the class some advice about choosing a poem to perform:

• choose something with rhythm and beat
• get your body involved
• pick something you're interested in

She also reminded us that rap and songs are forms of poetry and are also perfectly acceptable for our poetry recital on June 7. She is looking forward to seeing the performance videos!!