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http://schools.nyc.gov/documents/d75/literacy/uos/elem/Elem_Unit_One.pdf

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Anchor chart for opinion writing

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Tips to get all students interested in Poetry

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Tips to get all students interested in Poetry

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Kwame Alexander article

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Top 10 Tips to Get HS Students (All Students) Interested in AND Excited about Poetry OR What I Learned from Hanging with Kwame by JoEllen McCarthy

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If you are a nerdy fangirl (or fanboy), you will get why the next sentence sounds so surreal. I have had the pleasure of knowing author, poet extraordinaire, and Newbery winner, Kwame Alexander for many years. Recently, Kwame asked me to join him at a high school visit here on Long Island.

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Wonderopolis- great site for wonders of the day- NF mentor texts

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Roses are red,

Violets are blue.

Welcome to Wonderopolis!

Have a great time.

Wait a second. That's a horrible . It doesn't even ! Let's try this again...

Roses are red,

Violets are blue.

Welcome to Wonderopolis!

Today's Wonder is just for you!

There! That's better. Not a lot better, but a little better...

We have to . We're a bit out of practice when it comes to writing . Actually, do people even write today?

You bet they do! In fact, the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer.

Because of the rise of other forms of writing, such as popular fiction, you won't find today's bestseller lists filled with books of . That doesn't mean, though, that there aren't still poets out there publishing works of great beauty.

Have you ever thought of a as beautiful? Read some and you'll find that poems really are works of art created with instead of paint. Where a popular story might tell a good tale, a short can a few into something that excites the emotions and stirs the soul.

You may even already enjoy more than you realize. Have you ever been moved by the of a ? Many songwriters are poets at heart, creating works of art with that they then set to music. In fact, some rap artists are considered by some to be modern-day poets. Some rap and hip hop artists are even inspired by modern slams.

But don't take our word for it! Find the to a few of your favorite songs and try reading through them without listening to the music. It depends upon what type of music you like to listen to, but we believe it won't take you long to find a whose speak to you just like a !

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Roses are red, Violets are blue. Welcome to Wonderopolis! Have a great time. Wait a second. That's a horrible . It doesn't even ! Let's try this again... Roses are red, Violets are blue. Welcome to Wonderopolis! Today's Wonder is just for you! There! That's better. Not a lot better, but a little better...

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Daily Wonder App - great way to get kids to write off of lines

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Kelly Gallagher's Write Like This

Match Passions & Purpose

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Favorite Mentor text for writing

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Celbrate curiosity

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Kelly Gallagher Readicide Interview Part

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www.stenhouse.com/0896.asp www.kellygallagher.org Write Like This is built around a central premise: if students are to grow as writers, they need to read good writing, they need to study good writing, and, most important they need to emulate good writers. Kelly Gallagher emphasizes real-world writing purposes, the kind of writing he wants his students to be doing twenty years from now.

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Explore the possibilities

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Peter Reynolds

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To Curate Mentor Texts

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