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Lions and Panthers and Bears, O Wow!

In preparation for our work with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and “Carnival of the Animals,” we practiced discussing and writing about animals. One of the more popular poems dealing with a specific animal is […]

Where Am I From?

Me personally, I’m from Cleveland. I didn’t grow up too dissimilar from a lot of the kids at TEAM Englewood. I have seen my fair share of crime and know all about the struggle. […]

Introduction to Poetry

This was our first meeting at TEAM Englewood for Hand-on-Stanzas this year and we read Billy Collins poem appropriately titled “Introduction to Poetry.”  This poem was just a starter to get us familiar with […]

Insect Petting Zoo!

TEAM Englewood – Week 11 So, we took a break from having a model text this week, as the students had read and seen many poems at this point, and we did something very […]

Hanging Fires

TEAM Englewood – Week 10 This week we looked at our insecurities through “Hanging Fires” by Audre Lorde (it was very successful with my younger poets at Moos).  Sometimes the youths insecurities were external […]

Special Report!

So for the past eight years or so, I’ve worked for Young Chicago Authors‘ youth poetry festival, Louder Than A Bomb – five of those as the festival director.  This past year I’ve been […]

2 Legit 2 Quit

TEAM Englewood – Week 9 This week I decided to teach abstract concepts to students who could actually conceive of them (no offense to my 4th graders).  However, we did have this exchange: me: […]

Antiheros

TEAM Englewood – Week 7 Today we looked at William Stafford’s “Traveling Through the Dark.” I like this poem as it’s about an act of violence that seems justified in its reasoning, but doesn’t […]

More Apologies

TEAM Englewood – Week 8 More poems inspired by the Martin Espada poem I taught to the Moos students.  Once again, they were encouraged to only apologize if they meant it, otherwise say why […]

Hyperbolic Annoyance

TEAM Englewood – Week 6 As a way to comment on Black History Month, we were responding to June Jordan’s “Notes on the Peanut” – a satirical persona poem about George Washington Carver. I […]

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