Rules to Live By: A Lesson in ...

Jan 18, 2013 by

I happened to catch a brief segment of The Today Show this morning and couldn’t help thinking about how writing empowers people by...

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Words of Wisdom from Kelly Gal...

Sep 19, 2012 by

I know that many of you read my website and blogposts because you have attended one or more of my seminars.  If you have participated...

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Found Poetry

May 17, 2012 by

I had never heard of “found poetry” until I read about it a few years ago in Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s...

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Six-Room Poem

May 16, 2012 by

I recently shared a “a fishing expedition for poetry”–a technique to help writers generate ideas for possible poems. ...

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Fishing Expedition for Poetry

May 11, 2012 by

I like to start my poetry units by first immersing students in free verse poetry books and encouraging them to name what they notice...

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Spring into Poetry

Apr 27, 2012 by

During the past week I have been in four classrooms that have just begun or will soon begin a poetry unit of study during writing...

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