Poetry Is Not Dead

Evan Douglas

Ismahan Roble

Trent Riley

Jenni Vlad

Rebekah Voegeli



Description of Pedagogical Tool:

We provide video demonstrations and descriptions of 6 unconventional methods of creating poetry that support 6 different modes (linguistic, visual, audial, gestural, tactile, and spatial). Our hope is that by participating in these poetry stations, students can gain the confidence to create poems and share them with their peers.

Pedagogical Tool:


Lesson Plan:
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Praxis Paper:
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Resources Used:
Michalovich, A. (2021). “You’re the boss, yo!”: Role-Play in Digital Multimodal Composition of Newcomer Youth. Language and Literacy / Langue et littératie, 23(1), 25-48. https://doi.org/10.20360/langandlit29503.

Milner, J. O., Milner, L. F., & Mitchell, J. F. (2016). Bridging English (6th ed.). Pearson Education (US).

New London Group. (1996). A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures. Harvard Educational Review. 66(1), 60-93. doi.org/10.17763/haer.66.1.17370n67v22j160u.