Time for Poetry: Summer Camp Found Poetry

During the second half of June, one of my friends and I conducted a creative writing camp for teens as … More

Field Note Friday: Machiavelli on Leadership

One challenge of teaching high school occurs when students need to read difficult texts but they don’t have the tools … More

Welcome to my new meme: Field Note Friday! Each week I will attempt document some small lesson or activity that … More

Last week we discussed focusing on words rather than ideas in poetry. After reflecting on that lesson and taking a few … More

Our focus for this assignment was wordplay. Taking some ideas from this wonderful site, PBS’ ”Fooling with Words,” with Bill … More