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Paul Mikel Watts-Offret's avatar

The poem "Kindergarten" was epic, and thank you so much for introducing me to Nikki Giovanni's "Knoxville, Tennessee." I love the Frog Trouble Times.

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Karen Garrison's avatar

Love the poem and the matchbook notebook! Thanks for the ideas.

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Bill Diskin's avatar

I used the same Nikki Giovanni poem with our middle school English classes back in the day. Thanks for posting the link. Fun to read it again this morning!

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Belle Boggs & Beatrice Allen's avatar

It works amazingly well with every age and type of writer! As does "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon and "I Remember" by Joe Brainard.

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mamie buttons's avatar

As the mother of(and daughter of too!)cousin of and friend of Teachers! This post is awesome ! Hooray for all our teachers!!!

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