How To Teach Poetry, Drama, and Other Print/Non Print Texts.
"We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion." This quote from N.H. Kleinbaum's Dead Poet Society, which I just watched recently at the recommendation of my mentor, gives me plenty of reason to learn how to teach poetry and drama. Despite taking a poetry class and a Shakespeare class, the idea of teaching these topics to students makes me break into a (slight) sweat. Poetry is vast and has multiple interpretations that the idea of trying to tell students that there is a "right" way to understand something seems counter-intuitive. This could be the reason students are also drawn away from poetry and drama. With so many interpretations, students may feel like they should match their ideas with their teacher's idea so that they can pass the class. There are also so many aspects of poetry when analyzing a poem, considering syntax, rhythm, tone, enjambment, etc. that makes this task seem more diffi...