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Elephants: Why are your eyes the same as my uncle’s?

20 Nov 2014

This week the Avondale Logandale 4th graders read Blake’s “Tyger” and then wrote a poem to a mysterious animal. For their poem, they could ask the animal any questions they wished. You might recall […]

The Unlikely Ghost and other Pizza-loving Monsters

17 Nov 2014

Week Two and its Halloween Eve! The students and I read two poems: “October,” by Bobbi Katz, and “Theme In Yellow,” by Carl Sandburg. We discussed persona and voice, and how you might transform […]

This Book Is Made of Lava: The Secret Libraries of Avondale Logandale School

30 Oct 2014

What a busy week! The very first of our residency is always jam packed: we’ve got to get to know each other, talk about what to expect, pass out poetry folders, and then get […]

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