From: Suzanne Alejandre <suzanne@mathforum.org>
To: Teacher2Teacher Public Discussion
Date: 2001120410:08:27
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Integrating Literature into Math: Adolescent audience

Hi Jacqui,

When I was teaching middle school mathematics I sometimes assigned my
students to write poems. My students seemed able to write them with
ease.

I have a few examples on the Web of one project that we did here:

http://mathforum.org/alejandre/frisbie/tess/sea.tess.html

I also roamed around on the Web this morning and found these sites
that you might find interesting:

Math Poems
http://www.durham.edu.on.ca/programmath2/Math_Poems/math_poems.html

Analogy, Mathematics, & Poetry
http://www.rit.edu/~mkbsma/analogy/reference/poetrymath.html

Poetry in Math Puzzles
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/rubrics/math/gr8/g8problem04.html

Math and Science Poetry Page
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~robinson/funstuff/geekpoetry.html

Cinquain Poetry
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/algebra/5-6/activities/poetry/cinquain.html

Poetry Gallery - Math
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/williamsburg/bb/pmath.htm

--Suzanne

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