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In the spirit of National Poetry Month (April), and in an effort to encourage literary exploration by young people held in juvenile facilities, we are proud to sponsor Words Unlocked, a month-long initiative that includes practitioner-ready curricular materials, a nationwide competition, and publishing venues for student work.
All materials for the initiative are available at our wiki site, Words Unlocked. The wiki has a robust set of tools available for public use: daily lesson plans and teacher-ready classroom materials, rubrics and assessments, teacher tips, and more. It includes both a seven-day and a month-long poetry curriculum. Handouts and classroom materials are available in SMARTBoard, ActivBoard, MS Word, and PDF formats.
We are encouraging schools to start the initiative on April 1 and are posting materials now to help teachers plan and prepare for National Poetry Month.
All materials for the initiative are available at our wiki site, Words Unlocked. The wiki has a robust set of tools available for public use: daily lesson plans and teacher-ready classroom materials, rubrics and assessments, teacher tips, and more. It includes both a seven-day and a month-long poetry curriculum. Handouts and classroom materials are available in SMARTBoard, ActivBoard, MS Word, and PDF formats.
We are encouraging schools to start the initiative on April 1 and are posting materials now to help teachers plan and prepare for National Poetry Month.
Words Unlocked includes a nationwide poetry competition open to any youth held in a secure facility. Poets R. Dwayne Betts and Jimmy Santiago Baca will serve as the lead judges. In addition, we will engage the public in the judging by running a nationwide poll using Twitter.
Finally, we will publish an iBook anthology featuring student poetry, and will provide training for schools on how to publish their own anthologies. The CEEAS blog will feature poems submitted during the initiative.
Please share the wiki link Words Unlocked with anyone and everyone you know who might help get these materials to teachers working with incarcerated youth. We hope to have thousands of students participating starting on April 1.
Far too many young people are locked up around the country. Through this initiative, we intend to ensure that their words are not.
Finally, we will publish an iBook anthology featuring student poetry, and will provide training for schools on how to publish their own anthologies. The CEEAS blog will feature poems submitted during the initiative.
Please share the wiki link Words Unlocked with anyone and everyone you know who might help get these materials to teachers working with incarcerated youth. We hope to have thousands of students participating starting on April 1.
Far too many young people are locked up around the country. Through this initiative, we intend to ensure that their words are not.
Check out: http://wordsunlocked.wikispaces.com/