The Reading Workshop

So what do you do when you need to rhyme?  How about going to Rhymezone ?  When you are writing a poem and you need a word bank to help...

So you get a first draft of a poem and it seems pretty good.  Now what?  Is it ready to publish?  Everything is spelled right.  It makes...

If you want to write poetry but need a little help getting started, use the online site at Word Clouds . Just go to the wizard and put in ...

Cut out all those words.  This is poetry so you don't need them.  In fact, if the word doesn't do something to clarify meaning, ...

So what do you do when you need to rhyme?  How about going to Rhymezone ? When you are writing a poem and you need a word bank to he...

I was walking across the lawn. It was dark and I was afraid. I heard a noise. Loading... You can see responses HERE ...

Is your poetry alive?  Or does it just lay there squashed and ragged, like a mushy apple smashed on the road?  Maybe it needs a little ...

Taken from the famous basketball movie, Coach Carter , this is an excellent example of Spoken Poetry and the power of poems. ...

Blueprints? By Sara Holbrook   Will my ears grow long as Grandpa's? What makes us loo...

Reading Workshop students, here is a free verse poem prompt. Let your imagination go!

Write a free verse poems. No rhyming allowed.

Adventures Of Isabel By Ogden Nash Isabel met an enormous bear, Isabel, Isabel, didn't care; The bear was hungry, the bear was ...

One day in class, as we were working on poetry, I just had to write about Cade. And then I wrote another poem about another student, a...

Recently in Reading Workshop we have been discussing the meaning of the lyrics in the song The Monster by Eminem. In this song, he relate...

The Test By David L. Harrison It's not my fault if I flunked the test. This room's too cold To do my best. My foot's ...

Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer The Outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day: The score stood four to two, wit...

So what do you do when you need to rhyme?  How about going to Rhymezone ?  When you are writing a poem and you need a word bank to hel...

Angry by Sara Holbrook You can't hold me angry, angry, When I'm angry angry, angry. There's no comf...