MEJ Editor 2025, Best Practices & Teaching Tips, General, Kyle Tran Myhre, Poetry, Speaking and Listening

Speak Something Alive: Spoken Word Poetry in the Classroom by Kyle Tran Myhre

An adaptation of a presentation at the 2024 MCTE Spring Conference On the first day of an artist-in-residence gig, I generally dodge the question: What is poetry?  I’ve been a working poet for twenty years, was on two National Poetry Slam championship teams, performed everywhere from the Target Center to the United Nations, even contributed … Continue reading Speak Something Alive: Spoken Word Poetry in the Classroom by Kyle Tran Myhre

MEJ Editor 2018, Best Practices & Teaching Tips, Burke Scarbrough, Classroom Materials, Literacy, Peer Reviewed, Secondary, Speaking and Listening

Centering Students’ Voices in a Public Speaking Genre Study by Burke Scarbrough

Today’s students have access to stirring, powerful text in an ever widening array of forms. As we invite our students to discover the power of the carefully crafted written word, many of those students are even more strongly inclined to celebrate the power of language in oral performance. I’m referring to the genres and media … Continue reading Centering Students’ Voices in a Public Speaking Genre Study by Burke Scarbrough