Cave Writing

Seven Myths about Poetry Today there are many myths about poetry. Late last century a surge took place among young people, teens began ...

The Railway Children When we climbed the slopes of the cutting We were eye-level with the white cups Of the telegraph poles and the si...

April10, 2008 Students responded in their notebooks to the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll. The substitute read to them a sele...

Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Today we viewed, listened to, and read lots of poems. We watched a video recording of “The Highwayman,” listened to...

Monday, January 28, 2008 Ms. Dorsey is at a teacher's training session today. She is doing a presentation, and will try to do it creat...

October 25, 2007 The self-starter was writing a poem or brief story in response to a painting, using effective description. Students could ...

October 10, 2007 Today students went into the computer writing lab to type up their three poems. Here are the rubrics: 1. An inspired-...

October 8, 2007 Self-Starter: Students wrote a poem in response to a painting shown on the overhead. (Dream -- moon, beach, bird, mirror?) ...