ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#107 | December 11 | ISSN 0975-3036
The TE Editor says, “A lot of teachers get the same look – the sigh, the rolling eye, the slump. “We’re going to be doing poetry in the next few classes”. You cringe through it, they cringe through it. I have been lucky enough though to discover a few things about poetry and writing which have inspired me and brought me back to believing in my ability to teach it, and my ability to help others love it. To paraphrase Robin Williams in ‘The Dead Poet’s Society’, poetry doesn’t need to be complicated to be beautiful. This has become my mantra in the last year.
- Keep it simple
- Discovering the poem
- Interacting with the poet
- Conclusion”.
Read the complete article here: teachingenglish.org.uk
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