Using the “HATE to LOVE Sonnets” Lesson

March 17, 2008 at 6:50 am | In Literature-inspired Lessons, Poetry Lessons | No Comments

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the sonnets of William Shakespeare. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

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Using the “Just Because Poems” Lesson

March 17, 2008 at 6:39 am | In Literature-inspired Lessons, Poetry Lessons | No Comments

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by this novel. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

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Using the “School Song Parodies” Lesson

March 9, 2008 at 6:04 am | In Picture Book Lessons, Poetry Lessons | No Comments

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by this picture book. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

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Using the “Impersonating Great Poets” Lesson

March 9, 2008 at 5:47 am | In Picture Book Lessons, Poetry Lessons | No Comments

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by this picture book. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

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Using the “Between Repeated Lines” Lessons

March 7, 2008 at 3:20 pm | In Picture Book Lessons, Poetry Lessons | No Comments

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by this picture book. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

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Using the “Ballads about Relatives” Lesson

March 7, 2008 at 2:28 pm | In Picture Book Lessons, Poetry Lessons | No Comments

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by this picture book. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

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Using the “Poems of Apology” Lesson

March 6, 2008 at 12:44 pm | In Literature-inspired Lessons, Poetry Lessons | No Comments

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by William Carlos William’s Poem, This is Just to Say and Joyce Sidman’s book with the same title.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

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Using the “Naming the Pets” Lesson

March 6, 2008 at 12:07 pm | In Literature-inspired Lessons, Poetry Lessons | No Comments

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by T. S. Eliot’s collection of poems, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
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Using the “Four Ways of Looking at…” Lesson

March 6, 2008 at 11:51 am | In Literature-inspired Lessons, Poetry Lessons | No Comments

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Wallace Steven’s poem, 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
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3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

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Using the “Quest Item Poetry” Lesson

March 5, 2008 at 3:21 pm | In I-Pod Lessons, Poetry Lessons | No Comments

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Jim Croce’s song, I’ve Gotta Name. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

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