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\nHigh School Favorite: Not Waving But Drowning\n

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\nAs my school's senior English teacher I feel a personal, self inflicted pressure to convince my students that poetry has relevance and value in their lives. I want them to see that by reading and writing poetry they can share a part of...\nAs my school's senior English teacher I feel a personal, self inflicted pressure to convince my students that poetry has relevance and value in their lives. I want them to see that by reading and writing poetry they can share a part of one of the most democratic of all arts. And since I'm the last English teacher many of my students will have, this pressure weighs pretty heavily on me. While I certainly don't always succeed, I'd say most of my students at least begin to attribute some value to poetry. How do I do this? I have them start by reading the most high school appropriate poem of all time. Me hope, no matter where you are in life, is that it can do something for you as well. Join us for a summary, reading, and analysis of Stevie Smith's 1957 classic, \"Not Waving But Drowning.\"\n
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6:38
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Grade
9th - 12th
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Subjects
English Language Arts
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2018
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Language
English
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For Teacher Use
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Fine Print: Educational Use
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poetry, quotation marks, literature, reading
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