Exploring Poetry while Distance Teaching and Learning
Posted by: Peter Armenti
This post discusses ways teachers can incorporate poetry and other literature into remote learning environments.
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“GRAB THE MIC: Tell Your Story” – Bringing the National Ambassador’s Ideas to Your School
Posted by: Peter Armenti
Rebecca Newland, former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress, discusses the platform ("GRAB THE MIC: Tell Your Story") of the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jason Reynolds. She offers ideas on how teachers can extend Reynolds' platform among students and the larger school community so everyone has an opportunity to tell their story.
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Poetry Resolutions
Posted by: Peter Armenti
Former Teacher in Residence Rebecca Newland offers creative ideas for how teachers and other educators can introduce poetry into their classrooms and libraries.
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Discovering Local and Public Poetry
Posted by: Peter Armenti
As Rebecca Newland, former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress, walks around her Washington, D.C., neighborhood, she often encounters vendors selling a local newspaper whose proceeds benefit the homeless of the DC Metro area. Many of the vendors are also writers who mention the page on which their article or poem appears in the issue. This got her thinking about the prevalence of local poetry and ways for us to discover it with our students.
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Thoreau in Concord: Inspiring Discussion and Mindfulness
Posted by: Peter Armenti
Rebecca Newland, former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress, participated in a week-long National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop titled "The Concord Landscapes and Legacy of Henry Thoreau" in July. In this post, she develops two ideas about how to explore the philosophies and work of Thoreau in your classroom or library.
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Thoreau in Concord: Creating a Community of Writers
Posted by: Peter Armenti
The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, a Fairfax County Public Schools Librarian and former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. This summer I participated in a week-long National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop titled “The Concord Landscapes and Legacy …
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What is a Poet Laureate? Why is the Role Important?
Posted by: Peter Armenti
The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, a Fairfax County Public Schools Librarian and former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. In June, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden named Joy Harjo the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States. On September 19, the date of her …
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Celebrating Ourselves through Whitman’s “Song of Myself”
Posted by: Peter Armenti
The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, a Fairfax County Public Schools Librarian and former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. At this time of the school year, many of us are preparing to send our students to the next grade level, the next school, or …
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Reading Poems about Writing
Posted by: Peter Armenti
The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, a Fairfax County Public Schools Librarian and former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. It may be the end of National Poetry Month, but it is not too late to bring some poetry into your high school classroom or …
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