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Read MoreHow to Haiku: Lesson Plan
Written by Anna Yin and Designed by the League of Canadian Poets. We hope you enjoy this lesson plan available for broad use as an educational material in schools, libraries and classrooms or for informal use at home, work, or in our community. Available in two formats: Download pdf View online as a presentation For…
Read More2022 Jessamy Stursberg Youth Poetry Prize Winners
Congratulations to the 2022 Winners of the Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize. The jurors were incredibly impressed with the quality of poems submitted this year, and we thank everyone who shared their poetry with us— we know the future of professional poetry in Canada is in good hands! The Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth was established to foster a…
Read MoreNPM 2022: Activities for for children and youth
National Poetry Month April 2022 The theme is intimacy… has that made any parents, caregivers or educators panic? Never fear, the LCP understands that the word intimacy can have a specific context for many. But like poetry, we know that intimacy does not fit into one box, and there are so many ways to celebrate…
Read MoreNPM 2022 Colouring Pages
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Read MorePOETRY AND ACTIVITIES FOR EDUCATORS AND YOUNG READERS
We are absolutely in love with all the librarians and teachers who work day in and day out to put exciting stories into the hands of sometimes-not-so-excited kids, and this National Poetry Month we want to put together some ideas for how to celebrate poetry with young readers! If you’re on the fence about whether…
Read MorePOETRY TO GET THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
Guest post by Nicole Brewer — I didn’t discover poetry until the summer before my fourth year of university, and as soon as I did I wished I had discovered it sooner. When poetry clicks with a reader or a listener, it clicks more loudly and with much more conviction than any other type of…
Read MoreHOSTING A POETRY READING
While we all love curling up on the couch with a great book of poetry and a warm cup of tea (or a cool cup of something stronger maybe, in this heat wave!), one of the best ways to get out and meet our fellow writers and readers is by attending a poetry reading. Many…
Read MorePOETRY WORKSHOP IDEAS FOR TEACHERS
Teaching History with Poetry, Glen Sorestad Identity and Autobiography, Aaron Tucker Canadian Poets Across the Curriculum, Kathryn Bjornson Poetry for Performance, Hilary Peach Contemporary Canadian Poetry-Tasting Hour, Catherine Grahm The Art of the Chapbook, Ursula Vaira (PDF) Using Contemporary Canadian Poetry in the Classroom, John Oughton Book Arts Unit for Teen Authors, Cathalynn Labonté-Smith Suggested…
Read MoreTEACHING FORM POETRY
Introduction “The sonnet might be one of the greatest achievements of human ingenuity; […] it isn’t some arbitrary construct that poets pit themselves against out of a perverse sense of craftsmanlike duty – it’s a box for their dreams and represents one of the most characteristic shapes human thought can take.” Don Patterson, 101 Sonnets…
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