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great idea, mary! Marji MorrisSOAR! CoordinatorSuccess and Opportunity at Reading1707 N. Shelby St, Ste. 107Salem, IN 47167 www.soarliteracy.orgVideo at www.youtube.com/soarliteracy 812-896-1515 > From: mtr.listserves@marylily.org> To: middle-lit@interversity.org> Subject: Re: [middle-lit] poetry idea to remember> Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 18:23:48 -0500> > at our school, i put a pair of pants on a poster with poems for people to > take. we also had 4 drawings - one each week - for $25 barnes and noble gift > certificates. students in my advanced writing and poetry classes asked > students if they had poems in their pockets, and if they did, they were > entered in the drawing.> > mary> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marji Morris" <mlmsoar@hotmail.com>> To: "middle-lit" <middle-lit@interversity.org>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 3:18 PM> Subject: [middle-lit] poetry idea to remember> > > I just got this from poets.corg It's a little late to use this year, but I > thought it had lots of possibilities. Thought I'd pass it along in case you > hadn't seen it.> > > Poems In Pockets: National Poetry Month 2008> April 17 marked the first national Poem In Your Pocket Day. The event, > celebrated in New York City for the past six years, caught on in schools, > universities, bookstores, libraries, and workplaces across the nation. In > Bishop, California, Spellbinder Books offered a free homemade cookie to any > customer with a poem in pocket to share. In Gambier, Ohio, students fixed > poems to a clothesline for students and professors to take on their way to > class. At the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., a lunch reading of > was held live and on the web. View more stories, photographs, and highlights > on Poets.org and submit your own to: npm@poets.org.> On the web at: www.poets.org/pocket> > Marji MorrisSOAR! CoordinatorSuccess and Opportunity at Reading1707 N. > Shelby St, Ste. 107Salem, IN 47167 www.soarliteracy.orgVideo at > www.youtube.com/soarliteracy> 812-896-1515> _________________________________________________________________> Change the world with e-mail. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft.> http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ChangeWorld---------------------------------------------------> Thanks to the folks who help keep Interversity> (and Middle-Lit) going:> http://interversity.org/benefactors.html> > > ---------------------------------------------------> Subscribe/Unsubscribe->> http://interversity.org/lists/middle-lit/subscribe.html _________________________________________________________________ Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety. http://www.windowslive.com/family_safety/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_family_safety_052008
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