Poetry club

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Blackout Poetry

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Have you ever done a Google search for "poetry ideas" to teach in your high school English classroom? Let me spoil those search results for you - THEY'RE LAME! Poetry, especially at the high school level, it too important to be treated as a coloring activity, or worse,

Learning how to read poetry is like learning a new language. You need new tools and strategies than what you may already be using to read novels. Once you have the right tools, reading poetry will become easier and more fun.

Looking for fun activities to explore the art of poetry and use it to support language learning? Try these simple and fun activities!

Lydia Green of Mulberry Glen, a book by young author Millie Florence. - Find out more at millieflorence.com

Creative writing in libraries is a no-brainer. I will always have a special fondness for creative writing programs: when I was a kid I would spend hours filling notebooks with my “novels,R…