
3 Simple Techniques for When Students Can’t Think of a Writing Topic
One of the most frequently asked questions I receive when I lead professional development on writing instruction is: “What do
One of the most frequently asked questions I receive when I lead professional development on writing instruction is: “What do
I LOVE teaching poetry writing! I mean, I really love teaching poetry. But I didn’t always feel that way. Free verse poetry used to scare
In a previous post shared a “a fishing expedition for poetry”–a technique to help writers generate ideas for possible poems.
One of the keys to helping students write great free verse poetry is to heighten their awareness about things they
I like to start my poetry units by first immersing students in free verse poetry books and encouraging them to
Building tension or suspense in a narrative is an advanced writing skill but one that can be explicitly taught, even
After students have studied free verse poetry, have begun to see poetry hiding everywhere, and have begun to look at
As Georgia Heard says, “We all have poetry inside of us, and poetry is for everyone.” One of the best