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Using Children’s Poetry to Engage Secondary Students

February 20, 2021 by KeepingClassics Leave a Comment

One of my earliest memories of poetry involves people-watching with my father. As we waited for my mom to find her perfect pair of shoes, Dad and I leaned against the railing on the second floor of the local mall and invented stories about the shoppers scurrying below us on the first floor. He wouldContinue Reading

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I’m a writer, a reader, and a teacher on a mission to save the classics.

With over a decade of experience teaching American Literature to teenagers, I no longer buy into the myth that the classics are dead because teens find them boring and won’t read them. I help students and teachers access the relevance of American classics. I love networking with authors and educators to reignite the love of classic literature for a new generation. Mostly, though, I love helping students find the stories of themselves in the very stories that help shape our nation. Read More

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