For Teachers

The lists below will help teachers who want to make poetry sparkle in their classrooms.

Literacy empowerment program

Books of Hope brings creative writing workshops to at-risk urban and immigrant youth in the communities where
they live.

MassLEAP Collective is a network of artists, educators, and students working together to create a vibrant youth poetry community in Greater Boston. Sponsored by Mass Poetry, it connects teaching artists with schools and other organizations to help provide opportunities for youth in the Commonwealth.
Poetry 180, sponsored by the Library of Congress, provides a poem a day, especially selected for high school students.
The Academy of American Poets provides resources, lesson plans, and tips for teaching poetry. Plus they have a wonderful teacher’s forum where teachers can discuss their experiences and browse hundreds of ideas and questions teachers have about teaching poetry.
Poetry Out Loud, sponsored by the Poetry Foundation and the National Endowment of the Arts, encourages the oral expression of poetry and sponsors an annual contest for the best recitation of a poem by a high school student. It also provides a teacher’s guide to getting students involved.

Newpages.com lists dozens of sites that publish poetry written by high school students. In addition the site lists contests designed for students. The contest includes essays and fiction as well as poetry.
Winning Writers also lists resources for students.
Angelfire lists resources for students who want to publish.
Student Publishing Program sponsored by Lexington High School gives secondary students the skills and the confidence to publish.

Teachers Practice What They Teach – Poetry
The MassPOP Poetry Retreat for High School Teachers at the Boston Athenaeum
Woodberry Poetry Room The Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard University announces the creation of a new website that offers rare and heretofore inaccessible recordings of famous poets from its historic archive.