tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post6945098271793268205..comments2023-10-19T10:51:43.826-04:00Comments on Author Amok: In Residence: The Words We CarryAuthor Amokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-55363068310006374282015-05-10T21:42:26.357-04:002015-05-10T21:42:26.357-04:00These poems are wonderful. Now I think that I wil...These poems are wonderful. Now I think that I will be looking for words - and listening for words - even more than usual. I love the idea of these words hanging out together. Here are a couple of my favorite lines.<br /><br />"I have sounds<br />in my bag."<br /><br />"like my brain hiding inside my body"<br /><br />Thank you, poets, for sharing these. You've inspired me! And I'd like to recommend Maya Angelou's "I Love the Look of Words" to you. <br /><br />xo, a.Amy LVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625469276544426664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-20415246192316743102015-05-10T21:38:58.434-04:002015-05-10T21:38:58.434-04:00Thanks for the shout out. I am now sold on using ...Thanks for the shout out. I am now sold on using form with students. I sometimes need form when I am struggling to get the words right and so do our students. This way there is immediate success. In a way it's scaffolding, but such that you can go on to free form, then come back to a set form. My students are used to choosing how they put down their words. But they found a sense of creativity with using this form that was really satisfying. Thanks for sharing. Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.com