by Aubrey Sebestyen “It’s so boring.” “I never understand it.” “Not really my thing.” Each year, my sophomores express their…misgivings with...

by Chris Kehan I love using music in the classroom to teach reading strategies and of course to ignite writing.  " You Say"  b...

by Brett Vogelsinger I first used the song "A Long and Happy Life" by the band Delta Rae with my class to spark a Writer's ...

by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater Click to Enlarge Image Sometimes I find my way into a poem through the window of meter. I adore playi...

by Brett Vogelsinger Gabriel Fried's poem, "Twilight Field" establishes a delightfully creepy mood with simple langauge and ...

by Zachary Sibel This year I wanted to try something new when it came to teaching poetry, so I made a strange connection. I thought about...

by Penny Kittle Some students resist writing poetry because they struggle to find words to contain their ideas. Poetry feels Important, Se...

by Brett Vogelsinger The repetition of grammatical structures, known as parallelism, works especially well for poets because it establishe...

by Lisa Levin Musician Jeff Tweedy recently turned Carl Sandburg’s poem “Theme In Yellow” into “ an airy, idyllic folk song ” that appear...

by Brett Vogelsinger Today's post offers two poems for the price of one.  Both are in video format, for the poems have been adopted by...

by Joy Kirr I was first introduced to the poem “ My Papa’s Waltz ” by Theodore Roethke when Michael W. Smith (co-author of Literary Elem...