Georgia Heard
is another of our favorite writers who specializes in encouraging
others to write. She has a range of books for teachers and for writers
that you may have already discovered. Check out her website at
http://georgiaheard.com . Many of her books focus on the teaching of poetry. Perhaps Sondra's favorite, however, is
Writing Toward Home: Tales and Lessons to Find Your Way
(Heinemann), a thin, inspirational volume that encourage us to write
from
close observation and past personal experiences. She challenges us
to
see the ordinary in an extraordinary way. On her website she
writes: “Whether you are a student, teacher or a poet I believe our
challenge is to find the poetry all around us every day. Children are
often the best teachers of this. That's one of my goals when I teach
poetry is to help every student find the poetry inside.”
Perhaps
we can try to find what is inside us or buried in our ordinary lives
for our journal this week. Last week's posts were diverse and amazing. Many of you even tapped into poetry and took risks in your personal writing. Thank you for such a wonderful second week. Our goal this
week is two posts. You might continue the ten minute writes if you are finding them liberating or helpful.
(Another outstanding Heard publication you may want to check out is The Revision Toolbox which gives all teachers tools for approaching revision with students.)
Georgia Heard
is another of our favorite writers who specializes in encouraging
others to write. She has a range of books for teachers and for writers
that you may have already discovered. Check out her website at http://georgiaheard.com . Many of her books focus on the teaching of poetry. Perhaps Sondra's favorite, however, is Writing Toward Home: Tales and Lessons to Find Your Way
(Heinemann), a thin, inspirational volume that encourage us to write
from close observation and past personal experiences. She challenges us
to see the ordinary in an extraordinary way. On her website she
writes: “Whether you are a student, teacher or a poet I believe our
challenge is to find the poetry all around us every day. Children are
often the best teachers of this. That's one of my goals when I teach
poetry is to help every student find the poetry inside.” 