Poetry

There are many similarities and differences on writing poetry and writing about poetry. I have to say that I had a better time writing poetry than writing about poetry. Writing about poetry was a little bit difficult to me because it has hard to interpret someone else’s poem. I explicated Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” even though it was an easy poem to interpret, the explication process of the poem was very difficult. I am not a huge fan of reading poetry or writing about poetry but I did have a great time writing the wrecking the first person poem and the found poem. Writing about poetry did help me write my own poetry a little bit. I am still getting used to the poetic forms and all of the terms. But I do not think that writing about poetry help me write my own poems. In future reference to teaching, I think that it is great to teach students a little bit about poetry and to do the same exercises that we have done in this class. I had a great time writing and presenting my poetry. I have written a couple more over spring break and I think that I really enjoy writing poetry more than writing about poetry. I think that teaching poetry is very important because most people do not enjoy reading poetry but I think that the students can get really creative writing their own poetry like Haiku’s, first person poem and also the found poem. I thought that the found poem was the easiest and also my most creative poem that I have written so far. This section on poetry has changed my perspective on the genre all together.

all about the one and only Matt Page

Hello everyone, my name is Matt Page and I am going to tell you a little bit about myself. I am a graduating senior at this wonderful university in Northridge. I am very excited to finally be done with school (I was only here for 5 years). I have been studying in the English department and I hope to teach high school English and also teach film. I love to read books, all types of books that are reccommended to me by anyone who also enjoys reading. I also love watching movies, ask me about any movie and I can talk for hours

I would like to teach right after college but the credential exams are really hard to pass right away. I really do hope that teaching does work out for me. I have wanted to become a teacher since High School, I was influenced by many great teachers that I decided to be just like them influencing future students. I sometimes fear that I will not be a good teacher like mine from High School but I know i'll be fine as a teacher. I am really looking forward to seeing what will happen after college and hopefully i'll begin teaching soon after I graduate. I'm not really sure what role technology will play in my teaching. I dont really know a lot of English teachers that uses technology in their classes so i'm not sure if i'll use it in my classroom.

Well I believe that's really all I can think of about myself off the top of my head. If there are any questions or just want to know more about me then you can email me.