Teach This Poem, though developed with a classroom in mind, can be easily adapted for remote-learning, hybrid-learning models, or in-person classes. Please see our suggestions for how to adapt this lesson for remote or blended learning. We have also noted suggestions when applicable and will continue to add to these suggestions online.
Look at this image of a bluebird.
The following activities and questions are designed to help your students use their noticing skills to move through the poem and develop their thinking about its meaning with confidence, using what they’ve noticed as evidence for their interpretations. Read more about the framework upon which these activities are based.
Tyree Daye is the Guest Editor for Poem-a-Day in January 2023. Find an interview with Daye, as well as videos of him reading a selection of his poems.
Repetition: the poetic technique of repeating the same word or phrase multiple times within a poem or work. Read more.