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For
Teachers
"Creativity flourishes
when we have a sense
of safety and self-acceptance."
-- Julia Cameron
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On
the morning of December 14, 2012 a group of 6th graders from East Hartford
MS and a group of senior citizens from Senior Care Center of East Hartford
gathered at the middle school. It was the last day of a 4-day
intergenerational creative writing program called 'Word Waves: Living Out
Loud', presented by Elizabeth Thomas :) and funded through the East
Hartford Fine Arts Council. As a group, we'd been writing together for
2 weeks and Friday, the 14th was our culminating celebration of voices and
poetry. Simply amazing! To read some of the poems,
click here. |
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Sunken Garden
Poetry Festival
- Visit
Hillstead Museum for more information and a schedule of events.
And check out their new
blog for
writers, teachers, students ... pretty much anyone! |
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For
inspiration and new ideas, check out this
resource guide for young readers and writers, along with their teachers.
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http://www.readwritethink.org/
is a website sponsored by the International Reading Association and the
National Council of Teachers of English. Lots of classroom resources! |
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Visit
www.poets.org for a
one-stop poetry adventure. |
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The
English Teacher's Friend - Whether you become a member or not, this
website provides a wealth of information for the classroom and beyond. |
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Poetry Out Loud: National
Recitation Contest
To be involved in this program, you really need to start
early in the school year. Created by the National Endowment for the Arts
and the Poetry Foundation, this program encourages high school students to
memorize and perform great poems. Poetry Out Loud invites the
dynamic aspects of slam poetry, spoken word, and theater into the English
class. This exciting new program helps students master public speaking
skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage.
Go to
http://www.nea.gov/national/poetry/index.html |
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Lannan Readings & Conversations Series -
The Lannan Foundation Readings and Conversations series
rebroadcasts can be heard on from the audio
archive section of the Lannan website will have a permanent streaming
audio file posted within a week of every event. To see the complete
schedule, visit Lannan on the web.
Check out their archives! Wow! |
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Dodge Poetry Festival Videos on YouTube - Four new videos of
short readings by Simon Armitage, Naomi Shihab Nye, Patricia Smith, and C.D.
Wright during the Saturday night “Poetry Sampler” at the Dodge Poetry
Festival can now be seen, plus Poetry Fridays. Visit
www.dodgepoetryfestival.org |
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Reading
List - Young Adult Hot List (Thanks to Ginny White, FL) |
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National
Council of Teachers of English -
http://www.ncte.org/
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I
could have spent hours out on this website. It is full of ideas for
teaching the arts -
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ |
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Welcome to the world of William
Shakespeare. The National Endowment for the Arts is offering, at
no cost, an educational package for high school teachers and students. We
believe that these print, audio, and video resources will greatly enrich the
education of your students and provide them with ample opportunities to
expand their knowledge, creativity, and command of language. Go to
http://www.nea.gov/national/shakespeare/index.html |
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Poetry
180 - A poem a day for American high schools.
Created by Billy Collins, Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for
students to hear or read a poem on each of the 180 days of the school year.
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Visit
Poetry Foundation online at
www.poetryfoundation.org and check out the audio and podcast link on the
homepage. Hear Gwendolyn Brooks read "the
mother" and Theodore Roethke read "My Papa's Waltz," with insights by ex-US
Poet Laureate Donald Hall. There is also a great
link for children's programs. |
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Keep
Arts in Schools -
www.keepartsinschools.org - All children deserve a great
well-rounded education. Learning in and through the arts should be a vital
component of a quality public schools for every student -- no matter where
they live. This Web site in an online community for arts education
advocates, focusing on the efforts and successes of local organizations,
communities, teachers and leading voices throughout the country who are all
working to Keep Arts in Schools! |
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www.readwritethink.org
- Check out this website for resources in
reading and language arts instruction. Wow! |
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www.vsarts.org
- An international, nonprofit organization founded to create
a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in
and enjoy the arts. |
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www.magneticpoetry.com
- You know those little word magnets (they're all over my refrigerator),
well now your students are able to create magnetic poetry online.
Several youth-friendly word categories to choose from. |
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www.artsforlearning.org
- Ideas for using the arts across the curriculum |
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www.artandwriting.org
- Mission is to provide guidance and support for the next generation of
artists and writers |
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www.schoolgrants.org
- Your one-stop site for PK-12 school grant opportunities |
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www.crayola.com
- Lesson plans and rich, hands-on learning experiences can be searched by
subject, theme, grade, media, and completion time |
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www.dana.org
- The Dana Foundation’s principal interests are in brain
science, immunology and arts education |
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Click here
for a collaborative poem
written by the Florida Council of Teachers of
English about teaching |
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Check
out Walden Media at
www.walden.com for exciting ideas for the classroom based on literature
(Charlotte's Web, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Bridge to Terabithia) and
movies. There's free teaching material, contests and clips.
From their website -
"Teachers can find inspiration for the classroom with tools like
activity guides and enhanced DVDs. How about a robot-building competition?
Or a writing workshop simultaneously broadcast to movie theaters around the
country, with our directors, writers and stars participating? We provide
seminars and forums for teachers to trade ideas on using media in the
classroom. Like all educators, we want to instill lifelong enthusiasm
for learning." |
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Click
here for a collaborative poem written by participants from Open Books
Open Minds, Florida Literacy Coalition |
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Check out this website at
www.writing.upenn.edu/pennsound . It features some 200 writers/poets reading
their own work--lots of it. Most poets are those who were historically
avant-garde or are contemporary writers. Included are Gertrude Stein,
William Carlos Williams and Ezra Pound. |
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www.tolerance.org - Tolerance.org is an online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry
and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity. If you want to know how to transform yourself, your home, your
school, your workplace or your community, Tolerance.org is a place to start
— and continue — the journey. Lot's of free stuff. |
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The New York Foundation for the Arts
- The Scholastic Writing Awards -
P.O. Box 517 -
New York, NY 10013 - Scholastic Writing Awards offers contests in
a wide range of categories. Students in grades 7-12 are encouraged to
submit their writing (short stories, poetry,
non-fiction). Cash prizes and scholarships are awarded, and some
manuscripts may be published. Guidelines: http://www.scholastic.com/artandwriting |
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Teachers
Who Write Wanted -
www.FacultyShack.org
Faculty Shack is a webzine for educators that combines irreverent humor
with thoughtful insights about the world of education. |
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Literary
and Poetry Contest Scams - Sad, but true.
Many writers are so desperate for publication that they get taken in by
the most unscrupulous operators. Beware these scams and 'contests'
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http://windpub.com/literary.scams/
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http://www.harpercollins.com/ -
What started out for me as a cyber-hunt on Robert Frost reading some of
his own poetry, turned into hours of listening to other authors and poets
reading their own work (Barbara Kingsolver, Wally Lamb, Charles Bukowski,
Jewel, James Joyce…the list goes on). I
never did hear Robert Frost! Go to this web address and
follow the Audio link. You
must have Real Audio loaded on your machine. Be sure you have a
few hours to kill... |
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Available from
Antrim
House Books - From the Front of the Classroom by Elizabeth Thomas
A collection of poetry about learning and teaching for lovers of
learning at any age. Appropriate for the classroom (upper elementary, middle school and
higher). |
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Also
available - If Only Red Could
Talk - A Creative Journey for Young Writers and Teachers by Elizabeth Thomas |
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Spoken Word Classroom Resources |
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Teacher
Handouts |
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