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Howdy, Campers! What's store for you at TeachingAuthors today? A new picture book, its blog tour, a guest author and poet, two original poems, and a reminder to enter our latest book giveaway . Whew!
In honor of Poetry Friday, (link at the bottom of this post) my teacher and friend, New York Times bestselling author, Barbara Bottner has opened her notebook to share a poem with us from a work-in-progress (W.I.P.). And I've added my poem about being in her writing group.
But first: TeachingAuthors is proud to be part of Barbara's blog tour (see tour schedule below) celebrating her brand-new book, Feet, Go to Sleep (Penguin Random House), illustrated by Maggie Smith.
From the book flap:
Fiona is not ready for bed. But after a long day at the beach, her mom knows she must be tired from her head to her toes. So together they send each part of her off to sleep. As Fiona relaxes her body, she remembers a day when feet were for splashing in the waves, legs were for running after cousins, tummy was for holding strawberries, and arms were for throwing beach balls. And bit by bit, memory by memory, Fiona slips from a great day into a good night.
Trust me, Campers, it's a perfect-for-summer bedtime book, weaving in a relaxation technique we can use to help kids go to sleep after an exciting day.
And when I asked Barbara if she would share a poem from her W.I.P. verse novel,
I See Thunder, she said, "Sure!"
I’M A MONSTERby Barbara Bottner
I’m not Davy’s motherbut Mother demandsthat I do things she should do
like take him with me, everywhere I go.And Davy walks really slowly.Sometimes I wonder if he does itjust to annoy me.
Today, I’m going to the Grand Concourseto buy fresh salty pretzels.
Just as I'm leaving, Mother says:“take David with you.”Her shrill voicesays do not dare object.
She has no idea how that makesgoing to the Grand Concoursenothing like what I had in mind. “C’mon,” I say.“Put your jacket on already!”He's so easy going.I'm so hard going.
“Where are your glasses, Davy?”Now my voiceis shrill.
He looks at me with his big browns,mumbles: “It’s hard to be mewhen you’re angry at me.”
That’s when I get a grip on my nasty self.
(c) Barbara Bottner from her work-in-progress, I SEE THUNDER. All rights reserved.
Thank you, Barbara. I especially love these lines:
He's so easy going./I'm so hard going....
“It’s hard to be me/when you’re angry at me.”...and that last line. One poem can say so much.
When asked "
Where do you get your ideas?" here are some pearls from Barbara:
...the ‘material’ we use in the beginning is often our own. So I wrote books about being the worst dancer in the class, being messy, being rebellious. It’s not the events themselves, it’s what they stir up in me…We are the clay and we are the potter and I believe you have to be both if you want to be an author…work authentically…follow where the story wants to go.There's too much to tell you about what a fine teacher Barbara is...
...how intuitive she is, how she challenges us to dig deeper and deeper still...
AROUND BARBARA’S TABLE
by April Halprin Wayland
It's magic, you know
the tinkling of her full moon necklace
impossible feats of metaphor.
Six of us around her rosewood table
savoring tea
spilling over our pages
foreshadowing, fortune telling
drawing stories
out of the shadows
of her drapes.
The illusion of allusion.
A prophecy of sorcery.
She's a shaman jingling bracelets
on her sleight of hand.
It's wizardry, you know.
She's clairvoyant,
soothsayer,
sorceress,
source.
(c) April Halprin Wayland. All rights reserved.
Thanks for including us on your blog tour, Barbara! Jump on board her tour and you may win a copy of Feet, Go to Sleep! Here's the schedule:
5/21
Shelf-employedAnd...you have until midnight, May 15, 2015 to enter TeachingAuthors' latest book giveaway for Stephanie Lyons' new book, Dating Down--don't miss out!
posted by April Halprin Wayland while sharing sips of Pellegrino with Barbara's new pup
Enter to win copies of Ladybug Girl, Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy, and Ladybug Girl at the Beach, by David Soman and Jacky Davis.
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A couple of days ago I blogged about The Warlock’s Child, a great new kids’ fantasy series from authors Paul Collins and Sean McMullen (read post). Now I’m giving you the chance to win a copy of one of the books. Interested? Read on… The Iron Claw is book 3 in The Warlock’s Child […]
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Our theme this month is animals, so my thoughts immediately went to some fascinating details I like share with students when I do a school visit relating to my book The Many Faces of George Washington.
George Washington trained his own horses and was considered to be an expert horseman. During the American Revolution, General Washington rode one of two horses. One was a brown horse named Nelson. The other was a white horse named Blueskin. During battle (yes, Washington actually fought in battle) he rode Nelson because the noise and chaos didn’t bother the calm horse. But when Washington was just going about everyday life, he rode Blueskin.
In portraits painted during the 18th century that depict Washington during the Revolution, he is shown with one of these two horses. If the scene depicts a scene following a battle, Nelson is pictured. But when the painting is not a battle scene, Blueskin is with him.
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It fascinates me to think how much American history happened on horseback!
Carla Killough McClafferty
Remember to enter our book giveaway to win a copy of Stefanie Lyons’ YA novel in verse DATING DOWN (Flux). The deadline to enter is midnight May 15.
Happy Children’s Book Week!
Since 1919, this national literacy initiative, the longest-running in our history and co-anchored by the Children’s Book Counciland Every Child A Reader, has celebrated books for young people and the joy of reading.
Visit the website to learn the bounty of events and activities that commemorate this once-a-year week and to read more about this year’s poster creator, Grace Lee.
Book Week’s goal? To make sure every child is a reader!
But today is Wednesday, yes? – which means it’s time for a TeachingAuthors Wednesday Writing Workout, one that will give every child, both current and former, the opportunity to write.
Enjoy!
Esther Hershenhorn
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Don’t forget to enter our Book Giveaway to win a copy of Stefanie Lyons’ YA novel in verse DATING DOWN (Flux). The deadline to enter is midnight May 15.
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Let’s tweak the Children’s Book Week goal a tad to read…. make sure every child – current and former (!) – is a reader who writes!
Click HERE to download these children’s book week story starters and create your own ending!
What I Did begun by National Ambassador Katherine Paterson (New!) BLAM! begun by Mo Willems (2009 Children's Choice Book Award winner) (New!) The Night Visitor begun by Dinah Williams (2009 Children's Choice Book Award winner) (New!) And Then... begun by National Ambassador Emeritus Jon Scieszka
Enter to win a copy of The Revelation of Louisa May, by Michaela MacColl.
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Enter to win a copy of The Sky Painter, by Margarita Engle and illustrated by Aliona Bereghici.
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Howdy, Campers!
Lucky you--you arrived just in time for another episode in TeachingAuthor's 5-Star series,
to binge-read all of our WWWs, click on the menu button above, "Writing Workouts"
Today's WWW is brought to you by
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Okie dokie--welcome back, PBJ! Would you elaborate on the writing exercise you talked briefly about last Friday?What I said last Friday was that it was more an approach than an exercise. I like to use poetry models when I work with young readers. I try to show them poems by published poets, but also poems by their peers. When you’re in the 4th grade, Emily Dickinson or Robert Frost may not impress you, but reading a poem by another 4th grader may be just the motivation that you need. And before I turn the kids loose to write, we read the poem, and I give them the chance to talk about what they notice in it. Then we do something a group rough draft so they can begin to see the writing process in action. Then it’s time for them to write.
One of the poems I use is based an an English street poem called “I’d Rather Be.” Here are a few lines:
I’d rather be hands than feet.
I’d rather be honest than cheat.
I’d rather be a bed that a seat.
I’d rather be a blanket than a sheet.
- I give the kids a copy of this poem, which runs about 20 lines.
- I break it into 3 parts and have a different student read each part. (Part of every workshop is reading aloud!)
- I then ask the students if they detected any pattern in the poem. Rhyming poems generally follow a pattern.
- The kids can identify 3 ingredients of the pattern: end rhyme, repetition of “I’d rather be” at the start of each line, a comparison or opposite in each line.
- Taken together, these 3 ingredients give the 4 part of that pattern: rhythm.
- Before I turn the kids loose to write 3-4 lines of their own “I’d Rather Be,” we try to create an example of 4 lines out loud. The kids are usually quick to get the hang of it.
- Just to make sure, we try another 4 lines with a different end sound.
- Then they are ready to read.
- After 10-15 minutes of writing, it’s time to read examples aloud. Usually, there are many takers.
This is one poem that they will have the chance to continue and complete with their teacher.
The kids write stuff like this:
I’d rather be wood than concrete
I’d rather be huge that petite
I’d rather be gloves than a hat
I’d rather be a ball than a bat
I’d rather be hands than toes
I’d rather be a finger than a nose
I’d rather be love than hate
I’d rather be alone than a mate
Sounds like an exercise that I can take directly to the classroom--and one that packs a lot of punch, Paul. Thanks again for dropping by! (AND surely that English street song is the origin of Paul Simon's El Condor Pasa (If I Could)...)Readers, here's a preview from Candlewick about Paul's latest collaboration with illustrator
Chris Rashchka (for a chance to win an autographed copy, see our latest Give-Away which ends 4/22/15...enter at the end of
last week's post):
A celebrated duo reunites for a look at poems through history inspired by objects—earthly and celestial—reflecting the time in which each poet lived.
A book-eating moth in the early Middle Ages. A peach blossom during the Renaissance. A haunted palace in the Victorian era. A lament for the hat in contemporary times...In The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects, award-winning anthologist Paul B. Janeczko presents his fiftieth book, offering young readers a quick tour of poets through the ages. Breathing bright life into each selection is Chris Raschka’s witty, imaginative art.
Thank you for reading this today.
posted with affection by April Halprin Wayland and Eli (who--at this very minute is ripping apart his beloved stuffed animal, Rabbit)
You'll find my poems, posted each day of Poetry Month 2015,
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Enter to win a copy of WON TON–WON TON: A CAT TALE TOLD IN HAIKU and WON TON AND CHOPSTICK: A CAT AND DOG TALE TOLD IN HAIKU, by Lee Wardlaw and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin.
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I so enjoyed April Halprin Wayland's interview with Paul B. Janeczko! Thank you, April!
And congratulations to Jone M, who won IN DEFENSE OF READ-ALOUD!
Continuing our celebration of poetry, here's another of my favorite poets.
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Cynthia Cotten is a gentle writer. Her poetry sparkles like the water on a creek chanced upon during an early morning walk. Very gentle and soothing, and unexpected. Cynthia’s poetry, like all good poetry, is an emotional exchange. The language of the poem, as Mary Oliver taught us, is the language of the particulars. And Cynthia’s language incorporates images that are at once tender and sensuous. Her rhythm twinkles, as in her
Night Light, and sometimes the rhythm pops like a good smirk, as in her
Ack!
But sometimes, just like that early morning creek, Cynthia's poems sends shivers up our spine, as in her poem,
Missing.
Night Light Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
I know what you really are:
a blinking bug in flickering flight,
lighting up my yard tonight,
in the treetops, near the ground,
winking, flashing all around.
I watch you and I'm mystified--
how did you get that bulb inside?
(from Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems, collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters. Illustrated by G.Brian Karras. Candlewick Press, 2010)
ACK! I always know just what to say.
The perfect words are there--
words that render others speechless,
uttered with such flair.
My comments are insightful,
my wit is unsurpassed.
Oh, yes, I know just what to say--
too bad the moment's passed.
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from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School - compiled by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. Pomelo Books, 2013)
Missing My brother is a soldier
in a hot, dry
sandy place.
He's missing--
missing things like
baseball, barbecues,
fishing, French fries,
chocolate sodas,
flame-red maple trees,
blue jays,
and snow.
I'm missing, too--
missing
his read-out-loud voice,
his super-special
banana pancakes,
his scuffed-up shoes
by the back door,
his big-bear
good night
hug.
There are people
with guns
in that land of sand
who want to shoot
my brother.
I hope
they miss him,
too.
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from America at War - Poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2008)
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Howdy, Campers! Be sure to enter our Paul Janeczko BRAND NEW Poetry Book Give-Away (details below).
Happy Poetry Friday (today's host link is below)...and happy
!
In honor of
USA's annual poetry jubilee, I've invited someone to climb into the
TeachingAuthors' treehouse who looks a lot like my co-op roommates in the 1970's.
Who? Why
Paul B. Janeczko, that's who--magnificent
poet, poet herder,
anthologist, author,
speaker,
teacher, compassionate human and all-round cool guy. (Does this sound a little too fan-girl-ish? Full disclosure: my poems appear in five of Paul's anthologies.) Here's a previous
TeachingAuthors post about his beautiful, multi-star-reviewed collection illustrated by Melissa Sweet,
FIREFLY JULY--a Year of Very Short Poems. (And
here are all the TA posts which include the tag "Janeczko".)
Years ago, I was invited to shadow Paul when he visited schools in Southern California. Paul's a masterful and charismatic teacher, and he spreads poetry like Johnny Appleseed spread his you-know-whats. Paul's collections of poetry and his anthologies make poetry enjoyable and
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Howdy, Paul! How did you become interested in writing?I got interested in writing when I was a 4th or 5th grader. Not by writing poems or stories, but by writing postcards and sending away for free stuff. I’d see these little ads in my mother’s Better Homes and Gardens: “Send a postcard for a free sample of tarnish remover.” I had to have it! I had nothing that was tarnished or would ever be tarnished, but I had to have it. It was the first time that I really wrote for an audience. And I knew I had an audience: I’d send off a postcard and get a free packet of zucchini seeds.
From postcards to post graduate...how did you officially become a TeachingAuthor? That is, tell us how you went from being an author to being a speaker/teacher in schools, etc, if this was your trajectory.Actually, for me in was more of a coming back to where I started. I started out as a high school English teacher. Did that for 22 years. During that time, I published 8-10 books, but I decided that I’d like to have more time to write. So, when my daughter, Emma, was born in 1990, I became a mostly-stay-at-home parent. Emma was with me a couple of days week and in child care the other days, and that’s when I did my writing and started doing author visits. So, in a lot of ways, it was a very easy transition for me.
I've seen the map, Paul--you're been to a gazillion schools. What have you noticed as you visit schools is a common problem students have these days? One of the main problems that I see is not so much a “student problem” as a “system problem,” and that is that most schools to not give writing the time it needs to have a chance to be good. The time pressure on teachers is enormous, notably when it comes to “teaching for the test.” So, teachers are, first of all, losing time to the actually testing, but they are also losing time prepping their kids for things that they do not necessarily believe in.
Can you hear our readers murmuring in agreement? But--how can you address this?Because it is a systemic problem, there’s little I can do about as a visiting writer. However, I make it clear to the teachers and the students that our goal in the workshop is not to create a finished poem. That will take time. What I do, however, is usually get the kids going on a few different poems and get the teacher to agree that he/she will spend class time working on those drafts.
You say you get the kids writing poems. Would you share one of your favorite writing exercises with our readers?More an approach than an exercise: I like to use poetry models when I work with young readers. I try to show them poems by published poets, but also poems by their peers. When you’re in the 4th grade, Emily Dickinson or Robert Frost may not impress you, but reading a poem by another 4th grader may be just the motivation that you need. And before I turn the kids loose to write, we read the poem, and I give them the chance to talk about what they notice in it. Then we do something a group rough draft so they can begin to see the writing process in action. Then it’s time for them to write. (
Readers, Paul has agreed to elaborate on this when he comes back here on Wednesday, 4/8/15 and gives us step-by-step instructions.)
You're so productive, Paul! What else is on the horizon for you?I am finishing an anthology of how-to poems, which will be published in the spring of 2016, with the illustrator to be determined. And I have 3 non-fiction books lined up for the next three years.
Little Lies: Deception in War will be a fall 2016 book. The two after that will be
Phantom Army: The Ghost Soldiers of World War II and
Heist: Art Thieves and the Detectives Who Tracked them Down. And I’m mulling a book of my own poems. Nothing definite on that project.
WOWEE Kazowee, Paul!
Since it's Poetry Friday in the Kidlitosphere, would you share with our readers?This is poem that I wrote for a
book of poems and illustrations that marked the 200th anniversary of the White House.Mary Todd Lincoln Speaks of Her Son’s Death, 1862by Paul B. Janeczko
When Willie died of the feverAbraham spoke the wordsthat I could not:“My boy is gone.He is actually gone.”
Gone.The word was a thunder clapdeafening me to my wailsas I folded over his bodyalready growing cold.
Gone.The word was a curtaincoming down on 11 years,hiding toy soldiers,circus animals,and his beloved train.
Gone.The word was poisonbut poison that would not killonly gag me with its bitternessas I choked on a prayer for my death.
Abraham spoke the wordsthat I could not:“My boy is gone.He is actually gone.”And I am left with grief when spokenshatters like my heart.
poem © Paul B. Janeczko 2015 ~ all rights reserved
Incredibly haunting, Paul. Thank you so much for climbing up to our treehouse today! And readers: remember, we're in for TWO treats:
(1) Enter below to win an autographed copy of Paul's newest anthology, his (gasp!) 50th book, Death of a Hat, illustrated by Chris Raschka. You can enter between now and 4/22/15 (which just happens to be TeachingAuthors' 5th Blogiversary!)
a Rafflecopter giveaway(2) Paul is coming back this Wednesday to this very blog to explain how he teaches on his poetry writing exercise. Thank you, Paul!
(P.S: Every April I post original poems. This year's theme is PPP--Previously Published Poems and you can find them
here.)
posted poetically by April Halprin Wayland and Monkey--who offered lots of ideas today...
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In a recent neuroscience study, researchers focused on the visual side of the brain and concluded that volunteers saw words and pictures and not individual letters. This research could prove very helpful in understanding how struggling readers process words, and improve tactics for teaching.
Arbordale truly believes that reading, and being read to, is a very important part of growing up. So, we are closing out the work with a Friday Reads Giveaway! Comment on this post to be entered to win these three Arbordale books!
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