Pat suggested that I work with my students to create a Living Poetry Anthology (I believe Georgia Heard first presented this idea in one of her books.) during my first year of teaching. As the overzealous person I was in my first year of teaching, I did it. My students each recopied three - five… Continue reading Building a Living Poetry Anthology
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Made with free image tools @ TXT2PIC.com 80% of my class turned-in their Poetry Circle Poem Submission Forms on-time today. Yahoo! Many of them submitted their own poems, but others chose to submit poems they love by poets like Silverstein, Lansky, and Nesbitt. I cannot wait for tomorrow afternoon!
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Bringing Back Poetry Circle
Made with free image tools @ TXT2PIC.com Every Friday afternoon, last year, my class and I used to have a weekly Poetry Circle. However, this year I didn't due to a lack of time on my part. However, I've decided now that National Poetry Month is just around the corner, it's time to reinstate Poetry… Continue reading Bringing Back Poetry Circle
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Scenes from a Workshop Workshop
Well, really just a scene from today's Writing Workshop, but I wanted to do a take-off of the Billy Joel Song. 😉 Anyway, I taught a great minilesson today on character development in Writing Workshop that I got from Georgia Heard's book The Revision Toolbox, which I turn to nearly every time my students have… Continue reading Scenes from a Workshop Workshop
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A Twist on Heart Maps
Georgia Heard came up with the idea first. Penny Kittle adapted it. I'm bringing it from NCTE to you. Create a Map of your TEACHING Heart. Record the places you've worked, the people who've inspired you, special moments, memorable students, etc. Here's the one I created on Sunday (and colored last night): A charge for… Continue reading A Twist on Heart Maps
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Revision Toolbox
If there's any book I've turned to over and over again that sits on my bookshelf and DOESN'T collect dust, it's Georgia Heard's The Revision Toolbox: Teaching Techniques That Work, which was published by Heinemann before I even started teaching. I've used it for the past four years to help lift the level of my… Continue reading Revision Toolbox
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Mapping Our Hearts
Heart Map Display Originally uploaded by teachergal My demo was too long. And because of that, the entire day ran late. HOWEVER, we had an amazing Writing Workshop where my students crafted maps of their hearts (Thanks to Georgia Heard!), which visually illustrate the most important things to them. Here's a photo of them all… Continue reading Mapping Our Hearts
