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Friday, May 3 • 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Reconsidering poetry - reading, writing and reciting using Poetry in Voice

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Poetry in Voice is a Canadian program that provides resources that will help to encourage students, teachers, and administrators to embrace many facets of poetry - writing, reading, and reciting. In this session, you will explore the various ways to use the Poetry in Voice Canadian program as a resource in your classroom or club by workshopping poems, considering various recitation possibilities, sharing with fellow English teachers, and setting a plan in motion. Hear how two high school English teachers are successfully running this program in their schools.
Speakers
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Gillian Bohnet

Gillian Bohnet is the Department Head of English Language Arts at McNally high school, and the host of Edmonton’s regional Poetry in Voice competition three years running.
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Tyler Perry

Tyler B. Perry is a secondary English language arts teacher in Calgary, one of the executive organizers of Can You Hear Me Now? (Alberta’s junior-and-senior high school poetry slam competition), Alberta Events Coordinator for Poetry In Voice, and the author of three books of poetry... Read More →

Presentation Poetry in Voice ELAC pdf
Friday May 3, 2024 3:30pm - 4:45pm MDT
Blackbear Room
  Text Encounters, Division 3 & 4