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To celebrate Poetry Month, this resource shares 3 activities that will help high school students to engage with poetry in vibrant and active ways. They can be used as independent or group work, and each activity includes links to models, exemplars, and other poetry resources online.

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  1. Warm Ups: Fun with Poetry and Poetic Language
  2. Poetry Explosion: An Alternative to Close Reading
  3. Poetry in Place: Inspired by "Poetry in Motion"

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Andrea Cartwright

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About Andrea

Andrea Cartwright (B.A., M.A.) is a 10th grade Lead Advisor and English teacher at a school in San Francisco, California. With a B.A. in Literatures in English, (minoring in… Read more

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