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Tag: A One Week Poetry Challenge
Gearing Up for Poetry
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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A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 8 of 8
I LOVE Jane Yolen's book Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People. In fact, I read it to my class last year on the first day of our poetry unit of study. They were so inspired that they wanted to write color poems right then and there. I never thought I'd start off… Continue reading A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 8 of 8
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Stacey’s Eighth of Eight Poems
This is my color poem, which is written in a list poem format.
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A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 7 of 8
How often do you truly experience something with all five of your senses? Dew’s Poem Starters got me thinking about using all five of my senses to capture an emotion. Dew’s provides a simple template that can help you get started if you need poetic inspiration today. Be sure to come back later today to… Continue reading A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 7 of 8
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A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 6 of 8
A couple months ago I purchased Teaching Grammar with Perfect Poems for Middle School: Engaging Lessons with Model Poems That Motivate Kids to Learn Grammar and Write Well by Nancy Mack. Even though I don’t teach middle school, I was intrigued by the title and figured it could be a good resource to keep on… Continue reading A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 6 of 8
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Stacey’s Sixth of Eight Poems
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A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 5 of 8
Even if you're a few days behind, don't fret. C'mon in and join Paul B. Janeczo, who selected the poems for A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms defines a senryu as a poem that “follows the same pattern as a haiku – three lines of 5-7-5 syllables – but it… Continue reading A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 5 of 8
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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
