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Poetry Friday July 22, 2022: Poetry Printables
Poetry Friday roundup this week is at Another Year of Reading with Mary Lee Hahn. Poetry Printables I attended a phenomenal poetry keynote by Janet Wong through the Poetry Foundation Teacher Institute. I’m already a big fan of Janet. My favorite poetry collection of all time is A…
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Poetry Friday July 15, 2022: Organizing Poems in Scrivener
Elisabeth at Unexpected Intersections is hosting this week’s Poetry Friday. Hop on over there to see the roundup. Organizing Poems in Scrivener Last week, I mentioned that I used Scrivener to type up my poems and tag them. I think you could do the same thing in…
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Poetry Friday July 8, 2022: Haiku Journal Sneak Peek
Happy Poetry Friday! This week’s host is Jan at Book Seed Studio. Hop on over there for the roundup. Haiku Journal Sneak Peek My goal this year is to write a haiku every weekday. I’ve been experimenting with macrophotography. So I combined my daily haiku with…
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Poetry Friday June 24, 2022: My Deep Dive into Plath Poetry
This week’s Poetry Friday host is Reading to the Core. Hop on over there for the roundup. Deep Dive into Plath Poetry I mentioned the fact that I was reading Sylvia Plath’s poems when I wrote about the “Spring Break of Sylvia Plath,” but I wanted to add…
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Poetry Friday May 20, 2022: Bat Walk
The Poetry Friday roundup is with Carmela at Teaching Authors. A few weeks ago, I attended a bat walk at a local park. This is honestly my busiest season. Things are busy with my writing life. Things are busy with my job. And my teen is keeping…
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Poetry Friday May 13, 2022: Community
This week’s host for Poetry Friday is Rose Capelli. Hop over to her blog to see the Poetry Friday roundup. More on Rose (and some other poetic friends) below. Community When I picked out my words for the year, I chose NATURE AND NURTURE. It was…
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Poetry Friday: Walk and Talks
Today’s Poetry Friday roundup is over at Poetry for Children. I’m a big routine person. I know a lot of creatives who don’t write or create every day, but I tend to do better if I do. I noticed a few months ago that I loved my weekday routines,…
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Poetry Friday: Nature Journaling
Today’s Poetry Friday roundup is over at Kathryn Apel’s blog. Last year, I started exploring nature journaling. I’m not very good at drawing or painting. But I still wanted to try. No one needed to see my drawings, but I wanted to give it a go. I started with…
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Jumping Back in to Poetry Friday
It’s been years since I posted on Poetry Friday, a community of poets who post their poetry or about poetry each Friday. I’ve been working on writing poetry daily for about a year, so I’m going to attempt to share some of that here. I’ve also been sharing my…
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Mentor Text Tip Tuesday: Pictures as Mentors
Tip: Sometimes students need more than an author’s words to help them in their writing. Many students respond well to pictures. I know many primary teachers that start students out with drawing a picture first, then writing. This can work for older students too. Pictures can be mentors for…