Reclaiming the Experience of Poetry
This post was written by NCTE member Kyle Vaughn, author of Lightning Paths: 75 Poetry Writing Exercises (NCTE, 2018). Poetry …
Build Your Stack: Poetry and Grammar: A Delicious Pairing
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
2019 Notable Poetry Books
“Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief—everything that is human.” —F. Sionil José Each year, the Excellence in Poetry for Children Award committee …
Build Your Stack: Public-Domain Poetry Recommendations
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
The Magic of One-Pagers
This blog post was written by NCTE member Jill Yamasawa Fletcher. “I hate reading in school,” sighed one of …
Build Your Stack: Books and Poetry on Courage, Hope, and Humanity
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge …
Note to the Teacher on the First Day of School
I have been a teacher for over 23 years. I have been a mom for almost 20 years. At …
A Student’s Petition for Poetic Justice
This post was guest-authored by student Veronica Pusateri. Veronica just completed ninth-grade in the classroom of NCTE member Michael Guevara …
2018 Book Recommendations: Poetry
For English teachers, picking a favorite book is almost impossible! But we asked them to do exactly that during our …
Poem in Your Pocket Day is April 26
The Academy of American Poets, which launched National Poetry Month in 1996, took Poem in Your Pocket Day to all …