• Poetry Friday June 2, 2023

    June 2, 2023 /

      Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect is hosting today. Hop on over there to see the roundup.      Haiku of the Week   twilight shore seaweed’s arms drink salty water living sculpture   Haiku & Photo © 2023 Marcie Flinchum Atkins   Photo Taken: North Topsail Beach…

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  • Verseday: Concrete Poetry Picture Books

    October 10, 2013 /

    Back in August, I did a post on resources to use when teaching LOVE THAT DOG by Sharon Creech. I didn’t include my concrete poetry picture books because I knew it would be a post all on it’s own. Here are some of my favorite concrete poem picture books.…

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  • VerseDay Links

    September 12, 2013 /

      I’ve been behind at posting the VerseDay links, but there’s been a lot of great posts out there. Here’s the roundup: Verse Novels Set in High School Teaching Verse and Verse Novels Course Materials Mini Verse Novels

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  • VerseDay: Resources to Use with LOVE THAT DOG by Sharon Creech

    August 1, 2013 /

      One of the highlights of my year is teaching LOVE THAT DOG by Sharon Creech. My students love reading this book and discovering that they can write poetry too. Over the years, I’ve collected some favorite books that I use while teaching LOVE THAT DOG. The resources are listed…

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  • Mentor Text Tip Tuesday: Poetry Stations

    July 23, 2013 /

    Tip One of my favorite units that I did with my class last year was on poetry using Tamera Will Wissinger’s GONE FISHING as a mentor text. But I also incorporated many other mentor texts in this unit as well. I created poetry stations for different forms of poetry.…

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  • Mentor Text Tip Tuesday: Laminate the Text

    June 18, 2013 /

    I’m starting a new summer series for teachers called “Mentor Text Tip Tuesdays.” These will be practical tips on using mentor texts in the classroom. If you follow my blog, you know that I’ve been posting mentor text lesson plans. I hope these tips will help you visualize how easy…

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  • VerseDay: Verse Novels

    May 23, 2013 /

      Today, Marion Dane Bauer writes about why an author would write a novel in verse instead of in prose and writes specifically about why she chose to write LITTLE DOG LOST in verse.   And I’m a bit late with this, but Holly Thompson shared last week where she…

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