All posts in TEAM Englewood

The Beginning

6 Feb 2014

TEAM Englewood – Week 5 Tim Seibles is definitely one of my favorite poets of any era. He is wacky and serious at the same time – which is probably my favorite emotion too. […]

More Animals

21 Jan 2014

TEAM Englewood – Week 4 I like to teach the animal persona poem everywhere, so here’s more – this time from the 9th graders at TEAM. Ms. Dube – 9th Grade 5th Period […]

TEAM Englewood – Week 3 I like using Jack Gilbert’s “Michiko Dead” in the High School classroom because it’s powerful and short, uses only one image, and doesn’t mention what the image represents anywhere […]

Shoulda Been _______

30 Dec 2013

Week 2 – TEAM Englewood This week we looked at Patricia Smith’s title poem from her latest collection “Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah” – the poem as well as the book explore Patricia’s upbringing in […]

Week 1 – TEAM Englewood

27 Dec 2013

I’m teaching to three 9th grade English classes in Ms. Dube’s room every Tuesday. The first week I wanted to tie poetry to the book they are reading (Your Food is Fooling You) by […]

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