Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Academy of American Poets has published an online selection of lesson plans for teaching poetry, which you may be interested in checking out. They've also put out a call to teachers, asking you to contribute your poetry plans to the site. 

Frost Place teachers: now is your chance to publicize those fabulous plans you shared at the conference last summer. And send them in quickly because the academy always generates considerable attention in April, during National Poetry Month.


UPDATE: Okay, I just heard from Billy Merrell, web development coordinator at the Academy of American Poets.

Here's the letter:

Dear Dawn Potter,


Thank you for your interest in Poets.org and our resources. I'm thrilled to

hear you're going to pass word of our lesson plans, and I would very much

love your input. Any lesson plan submissions would be hugely appreciated.

Please do be in touch.


Sincerely,

Billy Merrell, Web Development Coordinator

Academy of American Poets


584 Broadway, Suite 604, NY, NY 10012


So teachers, whether or not you're Frost Place alums,  YES YES YES, inundate the academy with your lesson plans now! And feel free to mention my name and Frost Place connection. 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the heads up! I have been teaching so much poetry this year that my students question when we miss too many days without a poem.

Anonymous said...

...and of course, "anonymous"= sheila