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WITS Students Read Poems on NPR Radio

WITS Editor wrote 1 day ago: photo by David A. Brown Writers in the Schools students shared their stories and poems at the Menil … more →

Tags: Art, event, houston, Reading Event, spoken word, student writing contest, KUHF, Menil Collection, npr

Join us Wednesday for Night WrITerS

WITS Editor wrote 2 days ago: Night WrITerS Wednesday, June 19th at 6:00 PM MKT Bar at Phoenicia , 1001 Austin Street, Houston, TX … more →

Tags: houston, event, writing, Meta-Four Houston, CultureMap, Night Writers

Excite Young People about Poetry with a New Book, Open the Door

WITS Editor wrote 5 days ago: “Worried you don’t know how to teach poetry? Frustrated that your students groan at the … more →

Tags: Poetry, Essay, writer, Books, writing, Education, writers, robin reagler, Yusef Komunyakaa

D.E.E.P. Recognized for WITS Teaching

WITS Editor wrote 1 week ago: Deborah Mouton, Photo in Houstonia Magazine, June 2013 Houstonia Magazine did an awesome story on WI … more →

Tags: houston, writer, spoken word, Where are we now?, Education, wits, Deborah Mouton

Top Poems on the WITS Blog

WITS Houston wrote 1 week ago: photo by SugarCubeVintage via flickr These were the most popular student poems on the WITS blog in S … more →

Tags: Poetry, Ode

School's Out!

WITS Editor wrote 1 week ago: Andreas School Photo 1975 (Photo credit: Andreas-photography) It’s the very last day of school. Ever … more →

Tags: Poetry, Education, Graduation, Teachers, School, poem about school

Applause for the Meta-Four 2013 Team!

witsalliance wrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from The WITS Blog: Houston, we have a team! After competing at Space City Slam in a serie … more →

Tags: Creative Writing, K-12 Education, wits alliance, writing, Brave New Voices, Meta-Four Houston, performance poetry, wits

Applause for the Meta-Four 2013 Team!1 comment

WITS Houston wrote 1 week ago: Houston, we have a team! After competing at Space City Slam in a series of six poetry competitions, … more →

Tags: Poetry, houston, event, Student, writer, spoken word, writing, contest, student writing contest

Onomatopoeia for Everyone

WITS Editor wrote 2 weeks ago: from artandego.com Each and every word comes with its own secret powers. Onomatopoeia is special dev … more →

Tags: Writing Prompts, Lesson Plan, writing, Teaching, Education, Homeschooling, Onomatopoeia

Stuff Mom Says

WITS Editor wrote 2 weeks ago: BELIEVE (Photo credit: spike55151) Believe in yourself Pick up your clothes Hurry up! How was your d … more →

Tags: Poetry, Mother, Student, Parenting, Family

Public Poetry Reading

WITS Editor wrote 2 weeks ago: Join us this Saturday, June 1st, at 2 PM to hear a fantastic line-up of poets at the Oak Forest Neig … more →

Tags: Poetry, houston, event, Student, writer, spoken word, writing, Reading Event, writers

Dried Out

WITS Editor wrote 3 weeks ago: conch shell (Photo credit: Olivander) Today I am a shell. A shell, not in water. On land. I am mad. … more →

Tags: Poetry, Ode, Student, Nature, Personification, shell poem, anti-ode, seashell, conch-shell

Ode to Summer1 comment

WITS Editor wrote 3 weeks ago: The warm air. The bright sun. The flowers coming from everywhere. The cold water like ice in the poo … more →

Tags: Poetry, Ode, place, Animal, Nature, Seasons, beach poem, summer poem, summer ode

WITS Student Video Finalist in WritersCorps Competition

WITS Editor wrote 3 weeks ago: WritersCorps, an organization that teaches creative writing to underserved youth, held the third ann … more →

Tags: Poetry, event, Student, Video, Creativity, contest, writerscorps, H.P. Mendoza, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

"Imagine" Video Wins Award

WITS Editor wrote 4 weeks ago: POP Video, a Houston-based video production company, worked with Writers in the Schools to develop a … more →

Tags: houston, Art, Student, Imagination, Creativity, contest, Education, Telly Award, Video Production

Final Letter from WITS Intern

WITS Editor wrote 4 weeks ago: Dear Readers, This past Tuesday marked my last day at Travis Elementary as an assistant teacher with … more →

Tags: houston, Education, Professional Development 2, wits, WITS Internship, writing intern

WritersCorps Announces Winners in Poetry Video Competition2 comments

witsalliance wrote 4 weeks ago: On Saturday, April 13, WritersCorps held the third annual Poetry Projection Project, a festival of s … more →

Tags: event, K-12 Education, Poetry, wits alliance, poetry projection project, San Francisco, video poem, video poetry, writerscorps

Summer Book Clubs

WITS Editor wrote 4 weeks ago: Remember to register your kids for the Houston Public Library Summer Reading Program.  Go Under Cove … more →

Tags: houston, contest, Education, Reading, Houston Public Library, houston independent school district

Friends

WITS Editor wrote 1 month ago: Grasshopper In Nova Scotia (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Once upon a time a lizard saw a grasshopper. He … more →

Tags: Poetry, Student, Animal, Story, writer, Nature, writing, writers, cougar


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