Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h0EGkBP01369; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:46:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:46:11 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <F1901wpZHtteCScgcOe00003a38@hotmail.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Susan Ryan" <susanefl@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8460] RE: using poetry in the adult ed EL/Civics classroom X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2867 Lines: 83 I am surprised at using poetry in ESL. Poetry is so difficult to translate. Would this be a college level class? Susan >From: "Miriam Burt" <miriam@cal.org> >Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8456] RE: using poetry in the adult ed EL/Civics >classroom >Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:49:04 -0500 (EST) > >Hillary: > >In 1999, NCLE published a digest by Joy Peyton and Pat Rigg about using >poetry in the adult ESL class. It offers suggestions/activities on how to >read a poem in class and how to write one. It even has a lesson plan for >one poem included there. The poem is about working, so the content is >directly related to adult ESL. > >Check it out online at http://www.cal.org/ncle/digests/Poetry.htm > >Miriam >********* >Miriam Burt >Associate Director, National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) >Center for Applied Linguistics >4646 40th Street NW >Washington, DC 20015 >(202) 362-0700 (phone) >(202) 363-7204 (fax) >miriam@cal.org >***************************************** >Visit NCLE's Web site at www.cal.org/ncle >***************************************** >We're the only national center devoted exclusively to providing technical >assistance to those working with adults learning English as a second >language. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Hillary Gardner [mailto:hgardner@lagcc.cuny.edu] >Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:31 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8455] using poetry in the adult ed EL/Civics >classroom > > >Hello, > >I am preparing a brief conference session for EL/civics teachers on using >poetry in the EL/Civics classroom. I am looking for sample lesson plans or >suggestions of poems to use with adult ed students in the ESL/Civics >classroom. Specifically, I am looking for poems that touch on civics themes >(civil rights, community involvement, famous Americans), and especially >poems suitable for beginners in the ESL adult ed classroom. > >I have a large selection of poems by Langston Hughes, some from Carl >Sandburg, and many Native American poems. I have also had luck with poems >from the "Poetry in Motion" program and resources available from Teachers & >Writers Collaborative. However, most of the articles I have found online >discuss using poetry in the academic ESL classroom. I'd appreciate any >suggestions for good poems or good poetry writing exercises for low-level >adult learners. Has anyone had any successful experiences that they can >share? > >Thanks, >Hillary Gardner > >EL/Civics Instructor >Center for Immigrant Education and Training >LaGuardia Community College >Long Island City, New York _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
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