Although teaching poetry to elementary students may be challenging at first, poetry is a lot of fun once they get the hang of it. It’s like dancing with words instead of feet. It can be lyrical or loose and free, a joyous foxtrot or a melancholy minuet. And, like...
Poetry is one of those things that looks so much easier to create than it actually is. Especially to novice writers, it may appear to be nothing more than a handful of broken lines, so much shorter than an essay and, therefore, so much easier to write—until, of...
Poetry opens the doors to literacy by providing young children with short lines and simple phrases to help introduce them to reading. I know I still remember reading Jack Prelutsky with my mother before bed; a battered copy of The Dragons are Singing Tonight still...
The upcoming holiday celebration offers a pot full of inspiration if you’re a teacher looking for exciting writing exercises for students. Get ready to weave the vibrant hues of Irish tradition into your narratives as we uncover creative writing prompts that...
Think of your favorite book, either the one you read to your students or the one you read on your own when you’re not teaching the leaders of tomorrow. Is it written the whole way through? Of course not! That’s because figurative language is a powerful literary tool...
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