TYWLS Harlem ELA teacher Emily Wylie wanted her students to share their initial ideas about the power of poetry in an online Zoom session.Emily used the adapted Wild Guess micro-routine for remote learningafter reading a short text. Emily used the Zoom Chat feature to collect their guesses. The Zoom Chat can be saved for the teacher to read through later on and send students feedback about their comments.
Check out her adapted Wild Guess routine slides for her introduction to poetry unit.
Some of the students's comments included:
"poetry connects us when we are separated"
"poetry can calm us and soothe us when we are scared"
"poetry lets us express our emotions and this calms us and makes us feel connected to others in a scary time"