August 2026

Learning how to teach poetry effectively can feel a little intimidating. You want your students to enjoy the poems they read, understand the techniques poets use, and maybe even come away seeing poetry as something more than another text to analyze for a grade. The truth is, unless they’re taught otherwise, teachers tend to teach […]

A Poetry Friday schedule can take as little as 25–30 minutes a week, or you can break that time into five short daily sessions. Either way, you don’t need to carve out hours of instructional time to build a yearlong poetry rhythm into your classroom. The secret to “fitting in” regular Poetry Friday experiences is