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Answer: This week was the first Skinner West residency of the year! It was terrific to see both familiar and new faces, and the students were energized and ready to tackle our first day of poetry.
I talked a bit about myself and the program, asked who knew anything about or had written poetry previously, distributed folders and a short vocabulary list. Rather than reading a poem to discuss, we focused on two terms from the list—stanza and line—that are essential components of talking about poetry. Students next prepared their papers for writing, and I brought out a box filled with interesting headlines clipped from the newspaper. Students blindly chose headlines from the box, and taped them to their writing sheets. I then explained that titles of poems come about two ways: after the poem is written, but sometimes beforehand, and if the latter is the case the title acts as a catalyst for the poem’s composition.
Titles of poems are the first piece of the text readers come across. Therefore, the title of a poem is meant to draw a reader into the poem. Sometimes, the title is also meant to make the reader think about how the title of the poem speaks to what the poet wishes the reader to consider while reading the poem itself
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