Daily Poetry

Daily Poetry provides users with multiple ways to enjoy poetry. From its main menu, users can select the Poetry Feed, Poets, Podcasts, Videos, and Submissions options, among others. The “Poetry Feed” option contains poems selected by the editors. Users can tap the poem, read it, view other readers’ comments, and add a comment. The “Poets” option is a list of poets whose works are included in this app. Users can tap a poet’s name and read the works included in this app, view other readers’ comments, and add a comment. The “Podcast” and “Video” options both let users browse the content, which is organized by category and title. When users find content that interests them, they can tap it to access it. Finally, the “Submission” option lets users send in their own unique poetry to be considered for publication by Daily Poetry.

Instructional Ideas

1. For a daily bell-ringer activity, teachers can project a poem from their iPad using this app and allow students to journal a response. Sample journal prompts include: (1) What is your reaction to this poem? (2) What is the best word, line, or phrase included in this poem? (3) If you could offer the poet one piece of advice based on this work, what would it be? (4) What does this poem mean to you? (5) Do you relate to this poem? After writing, students can share their responses orally or by posting them to a class website.
2. After becoming familiar with this app and the poetry in it, teachers can allow students to write their own piece of poetry and submit it to be considered for publication.
3. As an extended-learning project, teachers can require students to select and listen to a podcast. Afterward, they can summarize it either in a short paragraph or by creating a presentation. The summaries can be sent to the teacher for grading or posted to a class website for sharing.
4. After teaching different poetic devices and structures, teachers can have students view the different poems in this app with the intention of finding those attributes. When they are found, students can document the poem, the device/structure, and explain if they think the device/structure enhanced or detracted from the poem.
5. Students can view a Spoken Word video and then critique it. Prompts to guide critiques include: (1) What did the poet do well? (2) How powerful was the performance? (3) Was the poet’s flow or words/lyrics more powerful? Students can then compose their critique using the UX Write, Office Offline, or Documents Free apps. Teachers can add another layer to this idea by having students write their own Spoken Word poem and then record students performing their poem using the TouchCast app.

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