OK, I need a pick-me-up this week. Today’s poem is called “Monsters” by Poetri. Poetri is quiet possibly one of the funniest poets I have encountered. I guarantee you will smile.
When I present a spoken word performance to students, I always introduce it with a a few questions related to the content of the poem. Usually, these questions are a way to get the students to think about the topic and start to invest themselves in it. Students are more likely to understand content when they understand that it is relevant to them. Here are my questions for this poem:
1. Why are monsters scary?
2. If a monster attacked a person, do you think it would kill him/her?
3. How could you protect yourself against monsters?
Enjoy!
Strange New Teacher 