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Writing Prompt: Open Wide Your Wounded, Wonderful Heart

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

What book helps you write from your wounded and wonderful heart? Author Callie Feyen discusses teaching “Walk Two Moons.”

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How to Write an Acrostic Poem Infographic

By Will Willingham 23 Comments

How to Write an Acrostic Poem Infrographic

Our new infographic will teach you how to write an acrostic poem and have you writing poetry soup for every meal.

Filed Under: Acrostics, Education Humor, English Teaching Resources, Infographics, poetry teaching resources

A Way With Words: Faze and Phase

By Sara Barkat 1 Comment

words that are not the same faze and phase

In today’s A Way With Words, Sara Barkat teaches (and amuses) us with the difference between the homophones faze and phase.

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A Way With Words: Canon and Cannon

By Sara Barkat 5 Comments

homophones canon and cannon

In today’s A Way With Words, Sara Barkat amuses us with the difference between the homophones canon and cannon.

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How to Write a Poem in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Secret Tool

By Joel Jacobson 16 Comments

Red and White flower-How to Write a Poem

High school English teacher Joel Jacobson shares his experience teaching a new advanced creative writing class using Tania Runyan’s How to Write a Poem. (Features student poems.)

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a Poem, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Student Writing

Rentrement of Compulsion: How to Write a Rondeau Infographic

By Will Willingham 14 Comments

Rondeau Infographic Cover Image

Feeling compelled to write a rondeau? Let our fun Rentrement of Compulsion infographic help get you started and learn how to write a rondeau poem.

Filed Under: Blog, Infographics, poetry, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, Rondeau

Coloring Page Poems: The Dandelion by Vachel Lindsay

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

The Dandelion by Vachel Lindsay Coloring Page Poem

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Vachel Lindsay’s “The Dandelion.”

Filed Under: Blog, Coloring Page Poems, Nature Poems, poetry teaching resources

Common Core Picture Poems: Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”

By Will Willingham 10 Comments

Common Core Picture Poem Mending Wall by Robert Frost featured

Engage with poems from the Common Core with a dose of humor, beginning with our Picture Poems. Today we consider Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall.”

Filed Under: Common Core Poems, English Teaching Resources, poetry teaching resources, Robert Frost

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