{"id":14710,"date":"2017-09-25T13:45:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T18:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backtobasicslearning.com\/?p=14710"},"modified":"2017-09-25T13:46:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T18:46:33","slug":"teachers-heres-how-to-bring-poetry-out-loud-to-your-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/teachers-heres-how-to-bring-poetry-out-loud-to-your-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers: Here’s how to bring Poetry Out Loud to YOUR school!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Does your school participate in the Poetry Out Loud contest?\u00a0If not, make this the year that\u00a0it does!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Poetry Out Loud is the nation\u2019s largest youth poetry recitation competition. Top finalists and their schools receive $50,000 in awards, including $20,000 for the National Champion. Nearly 3,000,000\u00a0students and over 9,500 schools have participated.<\/p>\n

Poetry Out Loud also fulfills the following NCTE and Common Core Standards: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12. Teachers who make use of the optional writing activities and lesson plans will also satisfy Standard #5.<\/p>\n

Download the Teacher’s Guide<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Plus, Poetry Out Loud gives students an opportunity to master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage. The event is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. The program encourages the study of great poetry by offering educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition to high school students across the country.<\/p>\n

Poetry Out Loud Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Registration:<\/strong>\u00a0Only schools registered with their\u00a0state Poetry Out Loud coordinator<\/a>\u00a0are eligible for the competition.<\/p>\n

Grade Level<\/strong>: Only currently enrolled \u00a0students in grades 9-12 are eligible, with an exception made for 8th-grade students participating in a 9th- through 12th-grade class.<\/p>\n

Citizenship<\/strong>: Competitors at the state and national finals must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents with a valid tax identification or Social Security number. Tax identification or Social Security numbers are required to receive prizes, including cash payments or travel awards. Students are responsible for verifying their eligibility.<\/p>\n

State Finals<\/strong>: A student may not advance to the state finals without competing in a lower-level competition.<\/p>\n

Homeschooled Students<\/strong>: Homeschooled students may participate by competing in a contest at a local school (at the school\u2019s discretion) or with other local homeschooled students. Contact your state coordinator for specific guidelines.<\/p>\n

School Not Participating?<\/strong>\u00a0Students unable to participate at a local school should contact their state Poetry Out Loud coordinator to discuss other opportunities for inclusion in the state\u2019s official competition.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit\u00a0www.PoetryOutLoud.org.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Does your school participate in the Poetry Out Loud contest?\u00a0If not, make this the year that\u00a0it does!\u00a0 Poetry Out Loud is the nation\u2019s largest youth poetry recitation competition. Top finalists and their schools receive $50,000 in awards, including $20,000 for the National Champion. Nearly 3,000,000\u00a0students and over 9,500 schools have participated. Poetry Out Loud also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-teachers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14710"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14714,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14710\/revisions\/14714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}