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Frazzled making back-to-school meals? Try eMeals {includes a giveaway!}
a Rafflecopter giveaway By Heather Hollands Back-to-School season has always been my favorite time of year. Not only do I love the new beginnings of the school year, I also love fall-scented candles, caramel apples, mums, and cardigan sweaters. As … Continue reading
30 Days of Reflection: Day 5, Classroom Picture
We have decided to participate in Reflective Teaching: A 30 Day Blogging Challenge for Teachers. This challenge was created by Te@chThought, and the daily prompts can be found here: Reflective Teaching questions. We encourage any teachers to join us in this challenge. … Continue reading
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30 Days of Reflection: Day 1, Goals
School begins tomorrow, and we have decided to participate in Reflective Teaching: A 30 Day Blogging Challenge for Teachers. This challenge was created by Te@chThought, and the daily prompts can be found here: Reflective Teaching questions. We encourage any teachers to join … Continue reading
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Tagged Northern Shores Writing Project, reflectiveteacher, student writing, Teacher, teachthought, writing
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Back to School with Stitch Fix
By Heather Hollands “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” ~Maya Angelou With a new school year starting, I’ve been thinking … Continue reading
“Sea Salt Artist” a Digital Memorial Poem to Olivia LeMoine (Posted by ~ Amy)
“That we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.” – Helen Keller The end of the school year has arrived and the Gwinn High School seniors took their … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Institute of Chicago, Digital Poem, Gwinn High School, Memorial Poem
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Digital Prose Poetry: Five Student Samples ~ National Poetry Month 2013 (Amy)
“Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.” ― Rumi National Poetry Month has me in a blogging frenzy. I promised my students that I would … Continue reading
Fly In Formation With Us, Like Geese ~ National Poetry Month 2013 (Amy)
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke While the calendar may announce that it is spring, the weather in Upper Michigan has a different opinion. It has been … Continue reading
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Tagged A Sand County Almanac, Academy of American Poets, Aldo Leopold, Dream Work, Gwinn High School, high school creative writing, Marquette University, Mary Oliver, National Poetry Month, National Writing Project, Poems about Geese, Poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke, spring poems
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High School Student Generated Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month (Amy)
“Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti In anticipation of National Poetry Month my creative writing students at Gwinn High School spent the two weeks before spring break contemplating activities that could engage other … Continue reading
National Poetry Month 2013 ~ Student Posters (Amy)
“Write about your sorrows, Your wishes, Your passing thoughts, Your belief in anything beautiful.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke Every year I anticipate getting the new National Poetry Month poster in my school mailbox. This year I decided it would be a … Continue reading
A Teacher’s Message of Brotherly Love on a Cold Winter’s Day (Amy)
I beg you Do something Learn a dance step Something to justify your existence Something that gives you the right To be dressed in your skin in your body hair Learn to walk and to laugh Because it would be … Continue reading
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