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In an attempt to counter the culture of high-stakes testing and the instrumental coverage of poetry, the authors designed and taught a sustained, intensive poetry course to secondary students. In this article they advocate a deep genre study of poetry for students and teachers and highlight important principles from their work that are applicable in a variety of teaching contexts.Poetry immersion: Reading, writing, and performing with secondary students In many English classrooms, teachers are required to devise a curriculum that is strongly connected to high-stakes assessments. An urge to 'cover' a variety of topics and genres and to teach to the standards and 'learning targets' established by organizations far from the classroom, colours teachers' work. In an effort to counter this fast-paced, skills-oriented trend of broad but shallow Corresponding author: tschillinger@poughkeepsieday.org 110 ª

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