252 search results for poetry
- Finding Scripts for Readers Theatre
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- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2017/06/15/finding-scripts-for-readers-theatre
- . Or, you can make one up. Use poetry. We have also found that students love to perform poetry. You, texts. Poetry is an easy genre to begin with; there’s very little dialogue, so students
- A Lit Lover’s Guide to Austin
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- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2018/05/17/austin-guide
- ILA Poetry Olio: Join us on Saturday, July 21 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for an evening of verse, readings and skits, a poetry contest, and valuable prizes. ILA’s Informal Storytelling Gathering, . Austin Poetry Slam: Occurring every Tuesday night at the Spider House Ballroom, the raucous
- Get to Know ILA 2018 Featured Speaker Matthew Kay
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- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2018/07/18/get-to-know-ila-2018-featured-speaker-matthew-kay
- Matthew R. Kay is the founder and coordinator of the Philly Slam League, a nonprofit that hosts poetry teams from Philadelphia-area high schools in a five-month intellectual and artistic competition. A proud product of Philadelphia’s public schools, Kay is a founding teacher at Science, .” You said that poetry has helped you to overcome your stutter by improving your confidence. What, . Some kids fall in love with it and become poetry lifers, and that’s fantastic. But I also
- ILA’s First-Ever Children’s Literature Day Brings Message of Hope Full Circle
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- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2018/07/27/ila-s-first-ever-children-s-literature-day-brings-message-of-hope-full-circle
- and poignant. The two discussed their new books, their shared love of poetry, and the age-old war, closing keynote. He recited original poetry and shared videos of his first poetry workshop held
- Young Authors' Studio: Writing and Learning Together in Arizona
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- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2019/02/05/young-authors
- like to write in forms that are not always taught in school (e.g., spoken word poetry, be. For example, themed workshops have included narrative writing, music and poetry, art and writing, in Youth Spoken Word Poetry (University of Massachusetts Press). Stephanie F. Reid, an ILA member
- One Word of Inspiration
- Every word holds worlds of stories. One thought leads to another. To demonstrate how easy it is to get started, I challenge students each month to write a poem inspired by a single word. I call it "Word of the Month Poetry Challenge," or W.O.M. for short. This takes place on my blog.
- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2011/05/10/one-word-of-inspiration
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Every word holds worlds of stories. One thought leads to another. To demonstrate how easy it is to get started, I challenge students each month to write a poem inspired by a single word. I call it "Word of the Month Poetry Challenge," or W.O.M. for short. This takes place on my blog.
Surveys of young people confirm what we observe. They spend a lot of time texting and working, McQuarry said her students were excited and couldn’t wait to get started on Word of the Month Poetry
- And Then It’s Spring
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- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2016/03/30/and-then-it-s-spring
- of International Waffle Day (March 25), Betty MacDonald’s birthday (March 26), and Poetry Month, of control. Poetry Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman As publisher, author in 2001. In a small volume of 100 pages, Sharon uses free verse to celebrate poetry and the writing of poetry. Love That Dog also provides a lesson in modern poetic forms. And it shows, in a believable way, a young reader who becomes an advocate of poetry — a form he once hated
- Literacy Centers for All Learners
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- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2018/08/28/literacy-centers-for-all-learners
- , vocabulary, technology, poetry, etc., that would have usually taken them a week to accomplish. More, (inquiry/research, etc.) Word work/vocabulary center Comprehension skills (poetry, drama, expository
- The Blogosphere of Children’s & Young Adult Literature
- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2012/05/30/the-blogosphere-of-children-s-young-adult-literature
- they participate in Poetry Friday and share a poem. One recent story by Franki titled “Teachers as readers, include book reviews, including Books at Bedtime, participation in the Kidlitosphere’s Poetry, at http://wowlit.org/blog. ~ Karen Hildebrand, Ohio Library and Reading Consultant POETRY BLOG Poetry for Children by Sylvia Vardell http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com Sylvia Vardell, a professor at Texas Woman’s College and former chair of the NCTE Excellence in Poetry for Children Award
- 5 Questions With... J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen (TAKE TWO! A CELEBRATION OF TWINS)
- J. Patrick Lewis is the author of more than seventy books for children and was recently named Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. His books include FIRST DOG, SPOT THE PLOT: A RIDDLE BOOK OF BOOK RIDDLES, THE HOUSE, and KINDERGARTEN CAT. Jane Yolen is the award-winning author of over three hundred children’s books, including OWL MOON, a Caldecott Medal winner; the How Do Dinoaurs…? series; and SEA QUEENS.
- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2012/05/23/5-questions-with-j-patrick-lewis-and-jane-yolen-(take-two!-a-celebration-of-twins)
- J. Patrick Lewis is the author of more than seventy books for children and was recently named Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. His books include FIRST DOG, SPOT THE PLOT: A RIDDLE, at ease with serious and with humorous poetry, loving metaphor and lyric lines and puns equally, . And lastly, we seem to have the same senses of poetry, humor, and self-deprecating honesty. Plus we, , the Russian Revolution, World War II and beyond.
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