IMPORTANT DATES AND SCHEDULE FOR 2020-21
November 1, 2020: Deadline for School Registration
December 15, 2020: Last day to apply for Poets in Schools Grant
Sept. 2020 – Jan. 2021: Teachers weave POL into curriculum and hold classroom/school
competitions
February 1, 2021: Deadline for School Competition
February 5, 2021: School Champion State Registration and Video Submissions Due
February 2021: School Champions and NDCA prepare for state finals
March 7, 2021 (TBD: ND State POL Competition, Online (subject to change)
April, 2021: Virtual National POL Competition
November 1, 2020: Deadline for School Registration
December 15, 2020: Last day to apply for Poets in Schools Grant
Sept. 2020 – Jan. 2021: Teachers weave POL into curriculum and hold classroom/school
competitions
February 1, 2021: Deadline for School Competition
February 5, 2021: School Champion State Registration and Video Submissions Due
February 2021: School Champions and NDCA prepare for state finals
March 7, 2021 (TBD: ND State POL Competition, Online (subject to change)
April, 2021: Virtual National POL Competition
Everything you need for implementing POL in your classroom and school. Includes sample class schedule, lesson plans, steps for coordinating your classroom and school competitions and more!
5 MODELS OF POETRY OUT LOUD PARTICIPATION
POL is flexible and can be implemented in a variety of ways! The models found at the link above are examples that demonstrate how teachers are implementing POL in classrooms and schools across the nation.
POL is flexible and can be implemented in a variety of ways! The models found at the link above are examples that demonstrate how teachers are implementing POL in classrooms and schools across the nation.
SCHOOL CHAMPION, STATE COMPETITION REGISTRATION FORM
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2020-21 POETS IN SCHOOLS GRANT APPLICATION
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POETS IN SCHOOLS VIRTUAL LESSONS
FREE WRITING EXERCISE
By Emily Viewig
Sometimes we all need a little kick to get ourselves writing! This exercise is designed to get the writing gears warmed up. It can be used as a prelude for any type of writing – journalism, essay, poetry, fiction.
Free Writing Exercise Teacher Guide
Link to Virtual Lesson
By Emily Viewig
Sometimes we all need a little kick to get ourselves writing! This exercise is designed to get the writing gears warmed up. It can be used as a prelude for any type of writing – journalism, essay, poetry, fiction.
Free Writing Exercise Teacher Guide
Link to Virtual Lesson
UTILIZING FIGURATIVE IMAGERY FOR POETRY AND WRITING
By Kevin Zepper
This lesson sets the stage for exploring "qualities" and the three most common types of figurative language; simile, metaphor and personification.
Support Documents
Link to Virtual Lesson
By Kevin Zepper
This lesson sets the stage for exploring "qualities" and the three most common types of figurative language; simile, metaphor and personification.
Support Documents
Link to Virtual Lesson
MUSIC AND POETRY PERFORMACE
By Chuck Suchy
By Chuck Suchy