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December 17, 2021December 9, 2021Brett Vogelsinger

Learning From Poems: Titles

This year on Moving Writers, my “beat” returns to poetry as a foundational element of a writing classroom. Each month’s post will examine how we can learn about an aspect of writing from a specific poem or poems, then look at what it might sound like to extend those ideas to a writing lesson in […]

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November 19, 2021November 19, 2021Brett Vogelsinger

Learning From Poems: Music

Teaching students to hear the music in words, we can help them create writing that is not just efficient, accurate, and clear, but also playful, dramatic, and arresting.

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September 17, 2021September 17, 2021Brett Vogelsinger

Learning From Poems: Brevity

The brevity of poems allows us to slip them into lessons as we develop skills for writing in any genre.

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