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Poetry in the schools, at home, and everywhere in between.

Showing posts with label teaching similes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teaching similes. Show all posts
Thursday, May 21, 2015

In Residence: Day 2 in the Simile Zoo

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Greetings from the Simile Zoo! Find this vintage postcard on Amazon. The third graders at Northfield Elementary are continuing to w...
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Friday, May 15, 2015

In Residence: The Simile Zoo

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It's Poetry Friday. I'm late to the party, because I've been spending the day at the Simile Zoo. Diane Mayr is serving toda...
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Friday, June 29, 2012

Poetry Friday: I Am Formally Introduced to a Hedgehog

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After years of teaching the poem below, I met my first hedgehog last week. Hedgehog by Chu Chen Po He ambles along like a walk...
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Laura Shovan is poetry editor for Little Patuxent Review. Her chapbook, Mountain, Log, Salt and Stone, won the Harriss Poetry Prize. Laura is a Maryland State Arts Council Artist-in-Residence. Her novel-in-verse for children, THE LAST FIFTH GRADE OF EMERSON ELEMENTARY, debuts in spring, 2016 (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House).
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