Mike Johnston You Are Poetry: How to See-and Grow-the Poet in Your Students and

We are all poetswhether we know it or notbecause we all have unique voices to share and stories to tell. Educator Mike Johnston honors that truth with You Are Poetry, a stepbystep curriculum that brings out and lifts up student voice through the art of slam poetry. Across four highly choicedriven course units, complete with modifications for all poets in K8 classrooms, Johnston guides readers through activities and insights that will grow poets in your school and citizens in your community. At a time when students struggle to form empathic relationships at school, You Are Poetry underscores the value of being open and alive to the world. These tools dont just spark creative expression they go beyond, nurturing it from within as a gift to ourselves and a path to real connection with others. "Mike not only makes poetry accessible for all, but he gives many incredible activities and resources for you to help others create and understand the beauty in poetry as well. I know Ill be coming back to this book again and again." Todd Nesloney, author of When Kids Lead and dire director of culture and strategic leadership, TEPSA "Mikes heart for the poetry in others is clear in every story, tool, strategy, and page of this important resource." Buddy Wakefield, threetime World Poetry Slam champion and mosttoured performance poet in history "This book . . . provides tools and techniques for writers at any stage to develop their craft. Readers of all ages will be inspired, encouraged,... | Mike Johnston You Are Poetry: How to See-and Grow-the Poet in Your Students and