“A poet’s work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.” Salman Rushdie It’s April...Read More
How do you ignite in your students a love for words? From basic interpersonal skills (BICS) to cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP), students feel empowered when they can recognize/recall/di...Read More
It’s April. Time to update last year’s Igniting National Poetry Month post with some wonderful new resources: Updates: Update #1 -A year ago the New York Times Learning Network titled its ...Read More
It was my good fortune this weekend to attend the National Writing Project’s 2010 Urban Sites Network conference, Writing Across the Margins: Illuminating Urban Voices. The Friday morning kick...Read More
A poem begins with a lump in the throat. ~Robert Frost The only problem with Haiku is that you just get started and then ~Roger McGough Poetry has the tendency to promote literacy skills in ways tha...Read More