I had the pleasure of being part of the round two judges for the 2009 Cybils Poetry Panel. I really enjoyed all five of the books we had to judge, including the winner. One of the books that made it to the final round was called African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways with poems written… Continue reading Writing Different Kinds of Acrostic Poetry
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Poetry Friday: Voting Acrostic
After yesterday's lesson, and the awesome "get out & vote" posters my students made, I decided to write an acrostic poem about voting. Vigorous supporters Of candidates always Take to the polls. It's important that No one, regardless of their zeal, forgets to Go to the polls on November 4th! This week Kelly is hosting… Continue reading Poetry Friday: Voting Acrostic
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An Original Acrostic Poem for Poetry Friday
I'm teaching acrostic poetry to my students today. That fact, coupled with the present Word Up/One Little Word Challenge involving the word ONE, I decided to mesh the poetry and the OLW Challenge together. Word Up - One, originally uploaded by teachergal. This week Poetry Friday is being hosted at Sarah Reinhardt's Blog. However, if… Continue reading An Original Acrostic Poem for Poetry Friday
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Poetry Thursday
Ruth and I both know and love Poetry Friday. However, I was just perusing the internet and found a site called Poetry Thursday, which is "an online project that builds community by encouraging bloggers to read and enjoy poetry, as well as sharing it with others." Since I love teaching poetry (and reading it), I… Continue reading Poetry Thursday
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Acrostic Poetry
I did quite a bit with acrostic poetry this year since a huge pet peeve of mine is watching kids write meaningless acrostic poems in their writer's notebooks just for the sake of writing a poem. Many kids don't know what a true acrostic poem looks like, which is why I feel we need to… Continue reading Acrostic Poetry
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The Rules of Writing Poetry
One of my students, Allandra, just e-mailed me this morning. (She's also a co-author of DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women. I'm not sure what prompted her note to me, but she decided to send me a list of "rules" for writing poetry. I've never had a list before, so I wasn't… Continue reading The Rules of Writing Poetry
