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Moving Poetry from Page to Stage

Follow these simple steps to prepare a poem and perform it for your class!

1. Form a team.

Get together with a few classmates. A good team size is two, three, or four performers.

2. Find poems to perform.

What poems have you or your teammates written? What poems have you read recently? Consider these. Also look through books of poems from your classroom, the library, or your home.

Collect different types of poems. Collect funny ones, clever ones, and serious ones. Take turns reading the poems out loud.
Choose the right poem. Poems that have a lot of action are easiest to perform, so consider those first. Poems that tell about feelings are harder, but you can perform one of those for a challenge.