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Poetry baggage

Dr. Sylvia Vardell talks about the baggage that teachers may have when it comes to poetry and teaching poetry.

Poetry Tag Time

Sylvia shares the idea behind another collaboration with Janet Wong, Poetry Tag Time.

Poetry books

Dr. Sylvia Vardell discusses some of the professional books that she has written for teachers and librarians.

Poetry and ELLs

Dr. Sylvia Vardell talks about what makes poetry a natural language learning tool for ELLs.

Scientists and poets

Dr. Sylvia Vardell explains why, even though it may not be an obvious connection, scientists and poets have a lot in common.

Poetry and science

Dr. Sylvia Vardell talks about the relationship between poetry and science, which is at the heart of The Poetry Friday Anthology for Science.

Poetry in Middle School

Dr. Sylvia Vardell describes why poetry works in middle school, even if teachers and students are reluctant to try it at first.

Poetry in Common Core

Dr. Sylvia Vardell shares why she is glad that poetry was included in the Common Core standards.

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