From: BORN_K at hccai.hcca.ohio.gov <BORN_K>
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 08:19:28 -0500 (EST)

I, too, use much poetry in my classes. I begin each of my 25 classes
    wearing a 10-pocket apron with a poem title in each pocket. At least
    one of the poems has a star or sticker or some unique identifier.
    Going alphabetically, each week one student gets a chance at picking a
    pocket. If they pick the special pocket, each person in the class gets
    a little "treat." (Stickers, hand stamps, book marks, jolly ranchers,
    etc.) Even if they don't pick the starred pocket, they get the treat
    of a poem. I've been doing this for 3 years now, and it has not lost
    its appeal, even all the way up to 8th grade. I've been able to share
    some great literary poems, as well as some of the just good fun stuff.

Kathy Born, Internet Coordinator/Librarian Our Lady of Victory School Cincinnati, OH Born_K at hcca.ohio.gov
Received on Sun 09 Feb 1997 07:19:28 AM CST