I have had a great time this year reading the newest middle-grade releases. On occasion, I have even been able to preview books before their release and share these with students. Indeed, new books are exciting, but new books also have a long hold list …
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We developed such a wonderful community around poetry during April’s National Poetry Month celebration, that we have decided to keep the #verselove going. On the third Tuesday of every month, Ethical ELA will celebrate all that writing poems can do for our hearts and minds …
Today Ethical ELA welcomes guest blogger, David Schaafsma of the University of Illinois at Chicago. In the spirit of youth resistance, please consider supporting “Teens Teaching Teachers,” a student-led session at NCTE in Baltimore, by donating to their fund and sharing this link: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/ncte2019 Seeing …
Two students had just finished reciting “If” by Rudyard Kipling. They set a timer and asked their classmates to do some preliminary analysis on the poem by identifying the speaker, subject, tone, and such. 5 minutes. I stepped toward the classroom window and gazed at …
Seventh-grade students interviewed people who impact their lives beyond school and, with consent, posted the interviews on our class blog to share. They focused on what being 13 was like in different decades and different places in the world. Our stories span the globe. Everyone …
Congratulations! We have shared this virtual space for 30 days — 30 days of words, phrases, images, and lines borrowed from lives lived and imagined. Inspiration Patched poems borrow lines from our community of poems to create something new while honoring the lines that have …
Thank you for being with us this month as a reader, as a poet, as a poetry lover! Here is a slide with hyperlinks to every day’s inspiration and poems. We invite you to look back at the way our poem-ing has invited inquiry into …
Inspiration Spring is here! Time for new life, growth and renewal. Think of the cycle of life (plant or animal), from its beginnings as a seed to full bloom to death. Imagery is literally the representation of one thing by another. Look at the poem …
Today we welcome author Aida Salazar to #verselove2019, our celebration of all that poetry can do for our hearts and minds this National Poetry Month. Aida Salazar is a writer, arts advocate, and homeschooling mother whose writings explore issues of identity and social justice. She …