The second stop of our day on Tuesday was at Marion High School in Kathleen Braun's AP English Class. Kathleen (seated, 2nd from right) directed the students in a discussion of the book Sula by Toni Morrison. I was amazed at the level of discussion by these high school seniors!
Following their book discussion, several of the students shared their sestima poems. A sestima is a poem of 39 lines, with 6 stanzas with 6 lines each. (I know, that doesn't add up to 39!). The final 3 lines pull the poem together. I would say with students like those in Kathleen Braun's class, Iowa is in good hands!
Barb Tarwater, Marion EA president, and I spent one lunch period in the High School staff lounge. I had a chance to visit with Chuck Clark,(pictured at left) a Nationally Board Certified teacher and High School Biology instructor. Chuck has also served on the Marion EA bargaining team. Thanks, Chuck for your leadership in the classroom as well as in the association!
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