POETRY AND LITERATUREDR. LAURA MCLAUGHLIN TADDEI

LANGSTON HUGHES

• DREAM KEEPER• BRING ME ALL OF YOUR DREAMS,

YOU DREAMER,BRING ME ALL YOURHEART MELODIESTHAT I MAY WRAP THEMIN A BLUE CLOUD-CLOTHAWAY FROM THE TOO-ROUGH FINGERSOF THE WORLD.

THE DREAMFLAG PROJECT

• DREAM FLAG PROJECT - WHAT IS IT?• WRITING YOUR DREAM

INTEGRATING POETRY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN

• READ POETRY EVERYDAY WITH CHILDREN• POETRY THAT PRESENTS VISUAL IMAGES• SELECT POETRY THAT DOESN’T NEED A LOT OF EXPLANATION• WRITE CLASS POEMS ON CHART PAPER AND HANG AROUND YOUR ROOM• USE ART, DRAMA, AND MUSIC TO EXTEND CHILDREN’S INTERPRETATION

OF A FAVORITE POEM

POEM VIDEOS

• SPRING AND FALL FOR A YOUNG CHILD• SHEL SILVERSTEIN - ICKLE ME, PICKLE ME, TICKLE ME TOO• I CARRY YOUR HEART WITH ME

LINKING THE ARTS THROUGH LITERATURE

• SELECTING A THEME• WEBBING TO HELP CREATIVITY• WEBBING TO HELP PLANNING• COMPILING RESOURCES FOR LEARNING EXPERIENCES• SEE PAGES 298-300

WRITING A CINQUAIN

• FIVE LINES – DOES NOT HAVE TO RHYME• BROAD SWEEPING STATEMENTS

• FIRST LINE – ONE WORD• SECOND LINE – TWO WORDS• THIRD LINE – THREE WORDS• FOURTH LINE – FOUR WORDS• FIFTH LINE – ONE WORD

• TRY IT