Tagged: poems

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Poetry and Teaching English

Since April is National Poetry month and I’m also a poet (dowload / read my latest book ), I thought I’d share some ideas and resources for using poetry in your classroom. Activity sheet – Funeral Blues I’ve used poetry a lot over the years...

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Thanksgiving Day

In Canada, it was a few weeks ago. However, I’m a big one for “gratitude” in life (and turkey – especially the leftovers). So, I celebrate both Thanksgivings, American and Canadian. Never enough gratitute and “thanks” in a life. It is a disposition I’ve tried...

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Teaching and Poetry

The other day while doing some reading of others blogs, I came across a teacher’s blog post with poetry. I really love it when I fnd some poetry on a blog, even a blog about teaching! Poetry is a great way to “think” about ourselves,...