We are honoring the top winners of our Seventh Annual Found Poem Student Contest by publishing their work from June 6 to 17. You’ll be able to read the whole collection here as we go.
Below, a poem by Julio Divito, taken verbatim from the first two and a half sentences of a 2016 T Magazine article, “The Poet Idolized by a New Generation of Feminists.”
Note: This is our final “What’s Going On in This Picture?” for the 2015-16 school year. We’ll be back in the fall. Students and teachers, thank you for a wonderful year of careful observations and lively discussion.
Students
1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions:
Note: We invite any English-language-learner student 13 years or older to post comments in response to the writing prompts in this post.
First, read this paragraph from the 2014 Op-Ed essay “No Time to Think” and then answer the questions:
How many times in your life have you been told all you have to do is be yourself? What were the situations in which you received this advice?
How has “be yourself” guided your decisions and actions? Or have you never taken that advice to heart?
The following lesson activity is based on the obituary “Muhammad Ali Dies at 74: Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century.”
Before Reading
What do you know about Muhammad Ali? What have you heard or read from his fans since his death on Friday?
We are honoring the top winners of our Seventh Annual Found Poem Student Contest by publishing their work from June 6-17. You’ll be able to read the whole collection here as we go.
Below, a poem by Luisa Rincon, drawn from two 2016 articles: Reporting on Life, Death and Corruption in Southeast Asia and The Panama Papers’ Sprawling Web of Corruption
: unintelligible talking
The word gibberish has appeared in 44 New York Times articles in the past year, including on March 18 in the music review “Philharmonic Goes Dada With Esa-Pekka Salonen’s ‘Karawane’ ” by Zachary Woolfe:
This short film celebrates the “Pink Helmet Posse,” three 6-year-old girls who share an unusual passion: skateboarding.
By Kristelle Laroche and Ben Mullinkosson on Publish Date June 24, 2014.For our final Film Club of this school year, we’re doing something a bit different. Instead of highlighting one short documentary film, three teenagers from our spring Student Council have suggested a mix of six films to watch and discuss, all related to the theme of gender. Along with a brief description of each film, they have also suggested questions for analysis and discussion.
Let us know what you think of this list, and suggest additional films we should add in the comments section.
Traditionally, parent-teacher conferences are a time for adults to talk about children — to discuss a child’s learning, behavior and progress. The student’s voice is typically missing.
Would the time be better spent if students were included in the conversation? Should students even help to lead the conference by showing and explaining their work?
The following lesson activity is based on the article “India and Nepal in Not-Very-Enlightened Spat Over Buddha’s Childhood Home.”
Before Reading
How can religious history lead to economic development for a city or country? How can it create jobs and wealth?
