I have been doing a poetry activity with a grade 3/4 class this week inspired by the collection of poems by Mary O’Neill titled Hailstones and Halibut Bones. All the poems in the book are about a colour and are listy-type poems describing what each colour looks, smells, sounds, tastes, and feels like. There is […]
Poetry Month – day 4
I have two words for you: Shane Koyczan. You may remember him from a lunch-time salon at a BCTELA conference a few years ago, or you might have seen him preform at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Shane Koyczan is a BC spoken word artist, poet, and author. He has won a number of slam poetry […]
Poetry Month: day 3
Have you heard of Poetry in Voice / Les voix de la poesie? It’s a recitation contest for Canadian high school students. They have a useful teachers’ page with lesson ideas and link to other resources. Speaking poetry aloud can completely change the way students can access poetry. I just saw that this year’s national […]
April: Full of Poetry!
We have written posts for Poetry Month in the past but this year we are going to do it a little differently. We will be making a poetry-themed post every school day in April. Sometimes it will be a resource, sometimes it will be a great piece that might serve to inspire our writers (and […]
Voices Visible Poetry Winners
Congratulations to all the fabulous writers who submitted work to our student journal, Voices Visible! We would also like to thank all the dedicated teachers who nurtured the talents of these remarkable young people.