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VerseDay: Marion Dane Bauer Writes About Her Novel-in-Verse
Marion Dane Bauer, author of LITTLE DOG LOST, writes about her novel-in-verse at her blog. She talks about what makes it a verse novel.
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VerseDay Links
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
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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VerseDay: Picture Books About Poets
Picture Books About Poets I love making poets accessible to young people. No single book does that better than Sharon Creech‘s LOVE THAT DOG. However, there are poems by famous poets that I love to use as mentor texts for my students. I love learning about the poets…
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VerseDay: Interview with Sharon Creech
This week’s VerseDay post is at Booksylvania, hosted by 9 year old Lucy. She is interviewing one of my favorite authors, Sharon Creech. Check out this great interview!
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VerseDay: Verse Novels
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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VerseDay: Novel in Verse Reviews
Today’s VerseDay post is at One a Day YA and will feature book reviews of middle grade and YA novels in verse.
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VerseDay: Poetry Month Post #4
Poetry Book of the Week POETRY MENTOR TEXTS: MAKING READING AND WRITING CONNECTIONS, K-8 by Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli Stenhouse, 2013 ISBN: 978-1-57110-949-1 POETRY MENTOR TEXTS was written for teachers who want to use mentor texts in teaching students how to write poetry. Each chapter walks teachers through…
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VerseDay: Poetry Month Post #3
Poetry Book of the Week ONE BIG RAIN: POEMS FOR RAINY DAYS Compiled by Rita Gray, illustrated by Ryan O’Rourke Charlesbridge, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-57091-716-5 Do you ever think about rain in various seasons? This poetry collection captures rain in each season. Featuring poets new and classic (Robert Frost,…
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VerseDay: Poetry Month Post #2
Poetry Book of the Week FOREST HAS A SONG by Amy Ludwig Vanderwater, illustrated by Robbin Gourley Clarion, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-618-84349-7 Capturing the stillness, the noisiness, the pure magic of the forest is hard to do. It’s hard to put into words. But Amy Ludwig Vanderwater does…