My students have been working on a poetry unit and I decided to throw a research component in the mix. The students were to select a poet, which was done last Friday. I have been assisted and supported greatly by our Library and Media Specialist, Marilyn Mauritz, in this endeavor. With very little notice, she was able to pull a great number of poetry books from which the students selected their poets. The idea was that the students would spend some time browsing several poets they had never heard of, and they would end up selecting something they liked. Starting tomorrow, the students will analyze one - two poems by their poet, but also do some research for biographical information of their poet. The overall question they are trying to answer with this assignment is, "Why is this poet important?" All aspects of the assignment should point toward answering that question, including the biographical information. I have assembled a reliable resources cheat sheet for them, so they will be able to access a few reliable sites from on- or off-campus. We'll see how it goes!
Edit: A couple of grammar fixes. I was feverish with the flu when I wrote this originally, so I'm sorry to anyone that read it and thought, "What the?!?"
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