Poetry Portfolio Originally uploaded by teachergal It's May. National Poetry Month is over. However, that means that I'm just three weeks away from the start of our final unit of study: POETRY! 🙂 I decided to take the eight poems I had done for the One-Week Poetry Challenge and put them into a binder. However,… Continue reading Gearing Up for Poetry
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Who Is Responsible?” Literacy and Education for All
This weekend has been about me floating on Cloud Nine! First we heard about NCTE. Then, this evening I found out my proposal to present at the Fall 2008 NEATE (New England Association of Teachers of English) Conference was accepted. The Fall 2008 Conference theme is: "Who Is Responsible?" Literacy and Education for All." Similar… Continue reading Who Is Responsible?” Literacy and Education for All
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Slight Tweaking
I did some slight tweaking to our memoir unit of study. This is this year's "final" version. Session 1: Writers read and listen to student memoirs and then write in order to inspire their own writing. Session 2: Writers find their life topic by thinking about people who are important to you. One way writers… Continue reading Slight Tweaking
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P.D.
OceanCliff Originally uploaded by teachergal I was completely inspired by my surroundings today when I attended a day-long professional development session with my colleagues at OceanCliff in Newport. The drive out there was breathtaking, as was the view from the back of OceanCliff, which is pictured below. Today was one of those great, productive days… Continue reading P.D.
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Wordless Wednesday: A photo I didn’t realize my student took when my camera was in her hands…
Caught Reading - Photo by A.R. (one of my students) Originally uploaded by teachergal Click on the photo to read the back story.
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ugh —
Let me just say, I spent the past 38 minutes writing a post in response to the comments left on Monday Musings, while periodically going upstairs and explaining to a 4 year old the importance of staying in her room during rest time so her 2 year old brother doesn't wake up (since he insists on sleeping… Continue reading ugh —
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Monday Musings.
Happy Monday! Sometimes I find myself editing the content of what I want to post because I feel this blog is more formal than the others in my life. But today, I'm just going with what's on my mind -- no matter how random it may be. Here's to some Monday Musings -- Hip hip… Continue reading Monday Musings.
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Stacey’s Fifth of Eight Poems
A Senryu About My Tummy Ache Sampling “Pesach” food Gefilte fish and pickles Tummy ache galore! I'm not sure why I chose that combination of things (there was more), but I was limited to seven syllables for my second line.
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A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 4 of 8
I've probably written couplets before, but I don't think I realized it. You see, I disliked poetry when I was in elementary school because I thought it ALL had to rhyme. Once I took a creative writing class in college, I realized that wasn't the case. Nonetheless, had someone presented me with a couplet to… Continue reading A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 4 of 8
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Stacey’s Fourth of Eight Poems
A Couplet About the Tomato Salads I Created For Dinner Originally uploaded by teachergal I was slicing tomatoes, crumbling goat cheese, sprinkling salt, and drizzling olive oil last night. The smell brought me back to Villeneuve-sur-Lot, where I lived for nearly four weeks in 1994. I had fresh tomatoes like this nearly daily. The aroma… Continue reading Stacey’s Fourth of Eight Poems
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Stacey’s Third of Eight Poems
Nurturing a Poem with Two Voices Originally uploaded by teachergal First, I decided it would be appropriate for me to do some nurturing... after all, I want to make sure that anything I create / write during this Challenge goes through the writing process since I wouldn't want my students to just go straight to… Continue reading Stacey’s Third of Eight Poems
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A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 3 of 8
Ruth got me thinking about writing a poem for two voices, which I attempted once (and failed at). Hence, I modified my thinking about poems for two voices since I started thinking about the two voices we have: what we say and what we wish we could say. Hence, here's today's poetic inspiration (if you… Continue reading A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 3 of 8
