Poets in Residence--What a Treat!



How wonderful it is to see Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger every year!  They travel the world using poetry to reach kids and content areas, and it's magical when they make their way to Eastern!  Michael and Sara are both published poets, and they have written many books for teachers.




After an amazing kick-off assembly, I love how they enter a classroom, have a brief chat with the teacher about what's been going on in their class, and within minutes, the lesson has started and all of the students are engaged!  By the end of the 43 minute period, all students have a draft of a poem!  While it's not easy to schedule 15 English classes with each of them in only three days, I manage to figure it out so that each and every one of our 285 sixth graders gets to have a workshop with each of them.  My only wish is that we could have each of them for a second class period to work on revisions and presentations!

I've learned so much from watching Michael and Sara teach various approaches to poetry!  I can't wait till next year!


Are you interested in bringing Sara and Michael to your school?  Check out this website!

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