I have participated in this venue since its inception. I remember in the past some students would enter the room dragging along and sighing about "doing poetry." Since I began this project the kids love sharing their words as well as getting and giving feedback and enter the room with excitement in their voices asking" Are we doing the slam today?"
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Keith Mack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are in the process of finalizing the details for our annual Online Poetry > Slam project. The Online Poetry Slam is sponsored by The Literacy Workshop > and is a fantastic opportunity for students to post poetry online in a > classroom blog and then get feedback from students in remote classrooms. > > Classroom teachers will control all aspects of their poetry blog and must > approve all posts to the blog as well as all comments made to poems. This > project is a wonderful way to get introduced to blogs and will provide you > with an outlet for publishing student poetry that generates authentic peer > feedback. > > The Online Poetry Slam will run from March through June and is flexible so > that classrooms with various spring breaks and testing schedules can > participate. In past projects we averaged about 500 student poems with over > 2400 comments from participating classrooms. The registration process for > the online Poetry Slam will begin on March 1. > > The project has an emphasis on middle level classrooms, but we've had > participating classrooms from grades 5-10. You can view more details on the > project by visiting > http://www.literacyworkshop.org/poetryslam/poetryslam.htm. > > We encourage everyone interested to take a look at how the project works so > that you'll be ready to submit your application in early March. An > announcement about open registration along with the URL to apply will be > posted to this list on March 1st. > > Please contact me if you require additional information. > > Keith Mack > Web Administrator > http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- Tena _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
