Posted by Celia Brogan We are halfway through Poetry Month! In a change from last year, this April we are focusing on specifically BC literatures in support of the ABPBC’s Read Local BC campaign but luckily, when we look around poetry features prominently in the local cannon. Today I would like to continue a thread […]
Homegrown, and still growing
Posted by Celia Brogan What writing is more homegrown BC writing than that of our students? The BCTELA Student Writing Contest is more than a great way for students to give their writing a broader audience, the published pieces, Voices Visible, is also a useful resource to show our students what their peers are writing. BCTELA […]
Poetry Month: day 20
Well, this April has been pretty good, poetry-wise. I will finish this series by telling you about a poetry month initiative I run in my school. The idea was shared with me by a colleague and I’ve modified it a bit. I wouldn’t be surprised if other schools do it too. It’s called Poem in […]
Poetry Month: day 19
Well, April is almost over. There has been lots of poetry at my school this month, I hope there has been at yours too. Yesterday I sat down to have an informal book club meeting with a colleague (we’ve been trying to read a professional text on teaching creative writing and it’s been a sporadic […]
Poetry Month: day 15
Today’s poetry resource is one that is not just for poetry. It is something that our students need when they do any kind of writing. Today’s resource is, at times, precious. It is TIME TO WRITE. This was the fourth week of April as far as my poetry lessons were concerned. The first week I […]