Chapter 5

Poetry, wow, this was not one of my strong points in school. In fact, I hate poetry for the simple fact that I was not exposed to it like I wish I would have been. The only poetry I read was the few readings we did in high school. They were always boring and meaningless to me. I hope as a teacher, I will take my experiences and turn it around for someone else. My goal is to allow the children to make decisions about what we read as a class and what we can do to make fun. I hope that we can find ways to bring meaning to the readings as well as life experiences. I think that my poetry days were not relevant to me and that is why I did not care to take the time out and read it. I feel that if I allow the children to have a say in what is read then they will take to a liking. I also want to allow my children to write poetry and read it to the class or to me.