Monday, January 21, 2008

To have great poets there must be great audiences too. ~Walt Whitman


!!Attention all grade 8 poets!!

We are currently experimenting with poetry in our classroom-here is your chance to practice writing poems and even PUBLISH it for the rest of us to read! Give it a shot! Use the poetry idea engine to help you until you are ready to write and publish your own free verse! Don't be shy!
Need some help to get started? Click here for some tips on writing poetry!

PARENTS' CORNER: As a part of the grade eight Language Arts curriculum, students are to "write complex texts of a variety of lengths using a wide range of forms (e.g., a free verse or narrative poem, or a limerick)". Thank you for your support and be sure to read your child's fantastic poem!







Images:
Poetry: http://images.google.ca/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&q=poetry
Parents' Corner: http://images.google.ca/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&q=parents+corner

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