Margin Notes

TRY THIS TOMORROW: POETRY MENTOR TEXTS

Apr
06

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:

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!

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