Miller Ch. 5
Thus far in my experiences I have not seen poetry used in the classroom. I think that it is something i would like to incorporate in my future classroom however. In class we have spent time talking about visual imagery. Most texts allow for students to create mental images and I think poetry really promotes this skill. The great thing about creating mental images is that everyone's will be different. Once children make a mental image we can make it more concrete through artistic, dramatic, and written responses. Poetry opens up a lot of doors for creative expression in a classroom.















