Inspiration A blackjack poem is simply a 3 lined poem comprised of 7 syllables in each line for a total of 21 syllables. Unlike a haiku which is normally about nature, blackjack can be about anything. Process When I think of the word blackjack, I …
August: 1/5-Day Writing Challenge
Inspiration All of us make lists, right? Grocery lists, to-do lists, playlists, top-ten lists, lists of goals, and so on. Some lists are more insightful than others. Kwame Alexander’s poem, “Ten Reasons Why Fathers Cry at Night” offers us a peek into his mind as …
July: 5/5-Day Writing Challenge
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. A former public school classroom teacher for 20 Years, she taught all grades except 4th and 12th, and she is the author …
July: 4/5-Day Writing Challenge
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. A former public school classroom teacher for 20 Years, she taught all grades except 4th and 12th, and she is the author …
July: 3/5-Day Writing Challenge
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. A former public school classroom teacher for 20 Years, she taught all grades except 4th and 12th, and she is the author …
July: 2/5-Day Writing Challenge
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. A former public school classroom teacher for 20 Years, she taught all grades except 4th and 12th, and she is the author …
July: 1/5-Day Writing Challenge
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. A former public school classroom teacher for 20 Years, she taught all grades except 4th and 12th, and she is the author …
May #verselove: Summer Tank(a)
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 …
Flag Half-Mast and “If”
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 …
30 #verselove2019
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 …