writing and argument paper on poetry and need to know if you get taught poetry in high school and whats expected from you when being taught it.

Yes, at my high school, we get taught poetry. Not every school or teacher is going to teach it in the same way however. We read a couple of Shakespeare plays, and we are expected to read them out loud in a class setting. The teacher usually asks the students what the phrase or sonnet means, because they want us to use critical thinking skills. The teachers will teach us and tell us what it means as well. In my high school, we also read a lot of poetry that isn’t Shakespeare, and we are usually asked to use our critical thinking skills to reflect and figure out what the author was saying. Sometimes, my teachers will have us write our own poems using the technique that the author wrote the poem in. All in all, it’s just a lot of thinking and reflecting, and Simone times there are connections to current issues as well. :)