Margin Notes

One of the most time-consuming tasks as a teacher is the gathering of mentor texts. For all your poetry mentor text needs, you must follow @Joseph_Fasano_ on Twitter. He is the host of a daily poetry thread. He begins the thread by posting a poem and includes the topics of the text. He, along with his almost 20K followers, continue the thread with posts of poems matching the topic.

Example poetry thread topics:

• Youth and Age
• Rest
• Paradox
• Heartbreak
• Choices
• Ghosts

How to use this:

• Explore how the same topic can produce varying themes
• Make your own collection of texts on the same topic
• On an online platform, follow the same pattern of the original poster starting a thread
• Students pick a topic of interest and practice the skills you are currently teaching
• Use the threads as research for a reading multigenre

I love it when readers come together to share texts and collaborate. Happy hunting!