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Connecting with Kenn

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What a cool few days we’ve had here in the ‘Power House’. Welcoming our poets has been a whole lot of fun with Kenn arriving first on Thursday night and Sara, Michael and Anis on Saturday. It’s been great fun talking creativity, poetry and inspiration with these lovely folk, and Hannah and Mimi got a kick out of having dinner with the Children’s Poet Laureate on Friday night. I also think Kenn got a kick out of being driven around a few backstreets, visiting temples and wet markets and taking in some of the sights of  ‘real China’.

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Poets and Library Team

Tonight we all got together to discuss the week ahead and had some terrific conversations about poetry, publishing, digital days and more. I am lucky to work with such a great team who are always thinking of the best ways to enhance the literate lives of our students. Thanks Barbara and Tim for taking me under your wing.

Here are some poems I’ve written about Kenn, using his great blog as a guide to remind me how to compose a variety of poems. If you can’t write a poem after exploring this page… then you can’t write a poem!

Limerick

There once was a fellow named Kenn
Who wrote poetry now and again
His poems were funny
And some made him money
He sure had a way with the pen

Haiku

Welcome Kenn Nesbitt
We know you’ll love SAS
Thank you for coming

Diamante

Kenn
Witty, Thoughtful
Observing, Noticing, Planning
Author, Creator, Writer, Artist
Counting, Rhyming, Revising
Entertaining, Clever
Poet

Acrostic

K-Kind-hearted
E-Energetic
N-Notoriously Funny
N-Never Dull

N-Naughty
E-Entertaining
S-Silly
B-Blogger
I-Interesting
T- Techy
T-Terrific

 

Get ready for a terrific week of poetry SAS 

What is a Children’s Poet Lolly-Pop anyway?

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Is what a second grader asked me yesterday… moments after her classmate asked if Kenn Nesbitt is bothered by the paparazzi… (how do 7 year olds know about Paparazzi? Lady Gaga is educating the world)

I met Kenn last night, and even for a lolly pop, he’s pretty sweet.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/children/poet-laureate is the place to succinctly explain to your students what a poet laureate actually is.

What is a Children’s Poet Laureate?
Awarded by the Poetry Foundation for a two-year tenure, the children’s poet laureate aims to raise awareness that children have a natural receptivity to poetry and are its most appreciative audience, especially when poems are written specifically for them.

We’re really excited about the week to come, with not one, but four great poets on our campus. Welcome to not only Kenn, but Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger and Anis Mojgani as our poet for High School.

Stay tuned for World Read Aloud Day (March 5th) and our Annual Books to Eat Competition coming up right after our poets leave.

 

 

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Free Pizza

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Do you like pizza?

Do you like books?

Do you like meeting famous, wonderful, clever authors?

YES? Then return any overdue books as soon as possible and if YOUR class has ALL of their overdue items returned FIRST  YOUR WHOLE CLASS will get to have a FREE pizza lunch with our visiting author Kenn Nesbitt during his visit; 24th-28th of February.

Your time… starts… NOW!

 

Ten More Sleeps

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In just ten days from now, our visiting author, Children’s Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt, will be hopping on a plane, and making his way to Shanghai….

Why you ask?

To see US??? YES-YOU! We are going to be in for a treat having Kenn ALL TO OURSELVES in the Elementary School for five glorious days. It is a wonderful opportunity for our students, especially considering all of the poetry the students have been creating over the past weeks. Students are still creating lovely pieces, exciting poems and musing lyrically in their classes as we speak… and many have co-ordinated their poetry units around Kenn’s visit.

I really enjoyed looking through the many blogs our teachers work hard on, and browsing through the  poetry of our students. Thanks to teachers like Ed Hagen for posting photos of your students at the poetry slam, as well as actual copies of his students’ poetry. Meanwhile across the hall, here are some of Emmy David’s parents and students celebrating the success of 2ED.

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Considering the fireworks we’ve all just experienced, I really enjoyed 1EV student Sisi’s poem.

Fireworks

By Sisi

Pop! Like

Some 

Popcorn so

Many

Colors

Bursting in the sky

Like a sparkling star

Disappearing in the dark, black

Sky

Little bees falling 

From the sky

 I must also compliment my daughter Mimi from 1CN for writing about love…

Love by Mimi

Love is special

Love is everywhere

Love is in your heart

and in the air

Love is forever

Kenn Nesbitt is coming!

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You heard it first… We are excited to be hosting our first Visiting Author of 2014 from February 24th to February 28th here in Pudong Elementary.

 

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We are still working on the schedule, however it is certain that Kenn will have time with each grade level as well as a full school assembly on Monday February 24th (details to follow). If you’d like to read more about Kenn, and comment on some of his funny poems, check out his fantastic blog here. We have 100 copies of Kenn’s books here for sale immediately after the Chinese New Year Holiday, and I’m sure they will sell fast. Check out these titles and see if you’d like to buy any of them, they will be signed of course, and would make a great gift.