The recordings from Heart of the Bitterroot are exactly what I needed to help inspire my young poets. The students can listen for the use of common poetic devices, such as repetition, breaks, and imagery.
The recordings also show the children how powerful a reading can be when paced properly and enhanced with background music. This collection will be a great model for them when they record and publish their own original work.
Each year, I have my students use Audacity, a free audio editing program to record their poetry readings. We then publish the recordings as podcasts as well as putting them on MP3 players for checkout from the library. It's a great project which addresses numerous Common Core standards.
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