The most important aspect of poetry is to understand that its not a genre, but rather the form that the literature takes. Poetry can be found in different genres such as: fantasy, historical fiction, realistic fiction, and traditional literature. Ways to evaluate children's poetry: (1) Is the poem something a child would be familiar with? (2) Does the poem use imagery? For example: texture, smell, tastes, sight, sound. etc. (3) Does the poem rhyme? While not all poems need to rhyme, its always best to introduced rhyming with children. (4) How is rhythm used? Although children might have more trouble learning about meter and foot, they can be introduced to rhythm with recognizing beats as they read. (5) What role does sound play? Examples of sound could be: alliteration, consonance, assonance, and onomatopoeia.
The links provide information about the criteria to evaluate poetry. The top ten are sound. language, sensory images, rhyme, humor, emotional intensity, quality of imagination, substance, and purpose. It is also important that focus stays on is the age appropriate and can a child understand the poem.
Reflection:
Poetry is not easy for many children, but once the children understand it and know the different elements in the poem it would become easier to understand. As a teacher is important to check the poems are age appropriate and the students can relate to it. In my grade level poetry is part of the STAAR test and students must be able to analyze it and compare with other genres. As I start introducing poetry I like to scaffold them at first, so the students won't be afraid of it and look at it in a different perspective. I didn't know that there was an specific criteria to analyze poetry, but I'm glad I was able to learn about it in this chapter.
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