Yee Haw! Cowboy Poetry
Austrian ELT Workshops 2007
EATE Annual Conference, Fall 2007
Poetry Out West
1. Watch Wally McRae's rendition of Things of Intrinsic Worth
2. In pairs or small groups, read aloud some characteristic poetry and define cowboy poetry and its rules.
3. Define characteristics and rules of cowboy poetry (together)
4. Generate your own Austrian or Estonian cowboy poetry! In groups, each group formulates a good opening line for their cowboy poem. Pass the text to the next group so they can add the second line. Continue passing the papers until each poem has 4-6 lines.
5. No poetry experience is complete with out some poetry recitation! Share and enjoy your final products. Congratulations — you are a cowboy poet!
Resources
Cowboy Poetry
- Western and cowboy poetry at the Bar-D Ranch
- Cowboy Music and Poetry from the Western Folklife Center
- Cowboy fun
Tips for using poetry in the classroom
Places to find poems
- The Poetry Archive
- The Academy of American Poets
- Life Lines: A project in which readers post meaningful lines of poetry for them
- The Poetry Foundation
- The Poem Hunter
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