Topic : PoetryLanguage LoungeA Monthly Column for Word LoversDesign, Then and Now August 3, 2009 By Orin Hargraves
In high school we studied a poem by Robert Frost called "Design." It deposited enduring fragments that echo in our mind from time to time, and recently we spent a quiet afternoon in the Poetry Corner of the Lounge to revisit the poem.
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Once again we have asked writer and educator Bob Greenman to select some words to mull over from his latest guide to vocabulary enrichment, More Words That Make a Difference, co-authored with his wife Carol. The book illustrates word usage with passages from the Atlantic Monthly, and Bob takes a look here at words used by one of the Atlantic's most famous editors.
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Article Topics:April is National Poetry Month! Check out these great programs sponsored by the Academy of American Poets: Here are some great online resources for getting children interested in poetry. Article Topics:Teachers at WorkA column about teachingTheme for Visual T: Teaching the Poetry of Langston Hughes December 22, 2008 By Shannon Reed
I'm a big Langston Hughes fan; he had a gift for putting ideas into challenging yet embracing truths, and boy, was the man prolific. He wrote dozens of poems, plays, short stories and novels, many that are appropriate for a middle- and high-school-age classroom.
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Here are some great online resources for getting children interested in poetry. Article Topics:Want to get your poetry published, but you don't know where to start? Take some advice from these books. |
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