Last week I blogged about a Recipe for Conferring Success. I've done some more thinking about it in recent days and am left pondering the following questions for myself as a teacher of writing: 1. One notebook or many? a. How many notebooks should teachers of writing keep to use in conferences and strategy lessons… Continue reading One notebook or many?
Category: poetry
Poetic Inspiration from Photos
I was inspired by Cloudscome to post some photographs. I want to actually challenge myself to write some poetry about the photographs I took over my long weekend. Perhaps you'll be inspired to use these as poetic inspiration too. I took so many photos of hydrangea this weekend. This is my favorite because you can… Continue reading Poetic Inspiration from Photos
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Poetry Friday… Another Billy Collins Poem
I'm up way too early this morning. I think I'm excited to finally be going to the Cape today. Hence, I thought this was the perfect poem for me to post since I'm up so early this morning. Morning by Billy Collins Why do we bother with the rest of the day, the swale of… Continue reading Poetry Friday… Another Billy Collins Poem
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POETRY FRIDAY: On Turning Ten
I'm still in my Billy Collins Poetry Kick. Here's one that purely captures the essence of making it into the double digits of life! On Turning Ten The whole idea of it makes me feel like I'm coming down with something, something worse than any stomach ache or the headaches I get from reading in… Continue reading POETRY FRIDAY: On Turning Ten
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Poetry Friday: Credo (A poem about love)
Credo I believe there is something else entirely going on but no single person can ever know it, so we fall in love. It could also be true that what we use everyday to open cans was something much nobler, that we'll never recognize. I believe the woman sleeping beside me doesn't care about what's… Continue reading Poetry Friday: Credo (A poem about love)
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Looking at Your Place: Making a Memory (WN Entry)
Everyone who attended George Ella Lyon's Session on Saturday Morning had the opportunity to make a memory after thinking about a drawing a floor plan of a home they've lived in. I went through the entire first floor of my parents' house and listed one memory from each of those places, including the garage and… Continue reading Looking at Your Place: Making a Memory (WN Entry)
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Poetry Friday: A Poem by Billy Collins
I'm still on my Billy Collins kick. This has been going on since Saturday... I'm just loving his work. Here's one I especially like: Introduction to Poetry I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. I say drop… Continue reading Poetry Friday: A Poem by Billy Collins
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Ode to My Second Cupcake
Ode to My Second Cupcake You come from Buttercup Bake Shop On the Upper West Side. You sat amongst other delectable creations, Waiting to be picked. Your cake is golden. Your icing -- Vanilla with green food coloring Added for effect. I bite into you As a smile spreads across my face. The white sprinkle… Continue reading Ode to My Second Cupcake
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Advice from Poet Laureate Billy Collins
I heard Poet Laureate Billy Collins speak today at Columbia University's Roone Arledge Auditorium. He was fascinating, funny, and filled with ideas for teachers on how to be better teachers of poetry. Here are some of his tips: * Some good questions to ask kids about poems are: 1. How does this poem go? 2.… Continue reading Advice from Poet Laureate Billy Collins
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Poetry Friday: The Poets’ Room
THE POETS ROOM has nothing in it. No comfortable furniture, no TVs, voices, clocks ticking, nothing except beats of air and blood pulsing through your lungs. You take a clean breath and quietness comes in. Your favorite films start flaring on theatres of walls, whenever you are brave enough to chase your images with words.… Continue reading Poetry Friday: The Poets’ Room
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Fourth of July Parade
Hear the blare of bugles, Hear the beat of drums, Hear the sound of marching feet. Down the street there comes, Playing, marching, Marching, playing, In the sun and shade, All the music, All the color Of the Fourth's parade. See the buglers blowing, See the drummers pound, See the feet go up and down… Continue reading Fourth of July Parade
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Poetry Friday: The Final Days of School
I put the following poem into my students' fifth grade yearbook. The irony is that on the last day of school, which was two days ago, we DID do the chant greeting of "1-2-3-4, C'mon _____ Hit the Floor." However, it wasn't done with pep and many kids didn't chant anything at all. Interesting... THE… Continue reading Poetry Friday: The Final Days of School
