#ThesisoftheWeek
The third #ThesisoftheWeek for November is inspired by Natalie Goldberg's poem "Home." Use it if you'd like. Share it if you'd like! #2ndaryELA #PoetryasPractice #WritingPractice
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November 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
November 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
October's final #ThesisoftheWeek is up! This week's poem is "Dust" by Danusha Lameris. #PoetryasPractice #FormativeAssessment #WritingPractice docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
#ThesisoftheWeek for Week 3 of October is inspired by a beautiful poem by Marjorie Saiser entitled "Crane Migration: Platte River." Find this prompt & others on the Poetry as Practice Blog! (Photo credits: Chris Helzer/The Nature Conservancy & USGS) poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...
October 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The latest #ThesisoftheWeek has been posted on my Poetry as Practice blog. This week's stimulus text is "Bread" by Richard Levine. Use and share if you would like! poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...
October 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This week's #ThesisoftheWeek is based on the poem "Bending Sound" by Paula Gordon Lepp. poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...
October 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Rounding the bend into October, & here is the fifth installment of #ThesisoftheWeek based on the poem "Belonging" by Rosemary Wahtola Trommer. And, yes, this is a way of getting more poems into the hands of young people! #poetry #writingpractice poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...
September 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's Week 4 of #ThesisoftheWeek and the poem for thesis practice this week is "Basilico" by Sue Ann Gleason: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Thesis of the Week: "Basilico" by Sue Ann Gleason
Stimulus text: “Basilico” by Sue Ann Gleason Thesis 1: In the poem “Basilico” by Sue Ann Gleason, the speaker addresses a family member whose memory fails her. The poet’s choice of words emphasizes ...
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September 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Monday 9/15 begins Week Three of #ThesisoftheWeek which is always linked on my Poetry as Practice Blog. The stimulus text this week is "Balance" by Dorianne Laux. Here's the doc: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
September 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Week two of #ThesisoftheWeek and the stimulus text is "Mending" by David Axelrod. Use it if you'd like, and share it if you'd like! poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...
September 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM