I-Search Topic Idea (3)

A.      How can I incorporate song writing, spoken word, or poetry into my classroom while still meeting the curriculum? How will these meet the needs of my students: personally and academically?

·         To find information about this topic, I would look up some spoken word on YouTube and see what students have already made. Many classes allow students to put their work on YouTube, and some students do that on their own. Seeing student generated work is only a starting point, however; I would need to ask and find teachers who have already learned to implement this in their classrooms and how it has affected their students. Do students find this more enjoyable? It is easier? Too easy?  

I think this could be applicable to a 400-level course. Our goal as teachers is to not only provide good education, but to also provide a safe working environment and one that exceeds the needs for our students. Some students excel at poetry writing or lyric writing and never have a chance to openly use it. Others, however, have never actually had a chance to explore these fields of writing. It would be interesting to combine both and see the results.

Some areas I could focus my research on includes the standards that could accompany the use of poetry in classrooms or how to incorporate poetry and lyric writing into narrative writing. Perhaps even, some essays could be accompanied or written in a poetic manner. What are teacher opinions about this?

I think the do-ability will be both challenging and obtainable within the time period given. There have been teachers who have successfully used poetry and spoken word in their classrooms, and there is evidence of successful student work even on YouTube if one looks hard enough.

I really do care about a topic like this. I want to find answers about it. The reason I did not include it as one of my top two choices is because I felt it may be too easy or too repetitive. However, I really want to include as much poetry in my classroom as possible, in all shapes in forms, especially since SO many teachers like to brush it off at the end of the year, just to say they covered it. Why do teachers do this? Maybe this is something I can look into when and if I work on this as my I-Search.