Our Host Glenda is an NBCT with an MA in English literature. She taught English and speech 38 years and worked as an adjunct instructor for Idaho State University and the College of Southern Idaho before retiring in August 2019. As part of the NEA …
2/30, Bop Poem
Our Host Mo Daley is a middle school reading specialist in Homewood, Illinois. She has taught many subjects at just about every grade level, but has found her passion helping tweens and teens fall in love with reading. Mo may be obsessed with Little Free …
1/30, Shadow Poem
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Day 30 of 30: Congratulations
Congratulations! We have shared this virtual space for 30 days — 30 days of words, phrases, images, and lines borrowed from lives lived and imagined. We have drawn from the mentorship of our daily hosts and the poets and poetry that inspired them: Glenda Funk, …
Day 29 of 30: #verselove with Jessica & Kole
Jessica and Kole are preservice teachers at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma majoring in secondary education with a minor in English. Jessica hopes to one day become a high school English teacher in a rural setting. She just began a job at the Child …
Day 28 of 30: #verselove with Susie Morice
Susie Morice spent 30 years in the public school classrooms in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Long a Gateway Writing Project and Missouri Writing Project veteran, Susie loves what the National Writing Project has done for ELA teachers. Since retiring, Susie worked with professional development …
Day 27 of 30: #verselove with Anna J. Small Roseboro
Inspiration My only brother’s birthday is this month, so when Sarah asked me to plan a challenge, I began thinking about him and other brothers I’ve had over the years. Many of us have memorable experiences with brothers – both positive and negative. Today let’s …
Day 26 of 30: #verselove with Sarah J. Donovan
Inspiration Our students have a lot to say about what’s going in their lives. We don’t always give them a forum to voice their views, in part because we don’t know what they’ll say. We may not want to hear the raw truth (and sometimes …
Day 25 of 30: #verselove with Jennifer Guyor-Jowett
Inspiration Dates. Kisses. Babies. Jobs. Days of school. Concerts. Houses. Root canals. Movies. Firsts. We all have them. Remember them. Recognize the significance of them. They occur daily, and while that number dwindles the longer our existence, these first experiences are not only memorable, they …
Day 24 of 30: #verselove with Emily Yamasaki
Emily lives in San Diego, California where she teaches at San Diego Global Vision Academy. She serves as a teacher leader at her site, creating and presenting professional development for the teaching team. Emily is also a fellow and teacher consultant with the San Diego …