Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.)
I’ve shared a couple of definitos recently, and I had so much fun I decided to write some to go with the challenging vocabulary in my forthcoming books. I’ve written several for Finding Family, which comes out in March. Wouldn’t it be fun to have students learn vocabulary words by writing poems?! Here’s one for a word that appears in Finding Family (coming in March from Lerner).
More to come! Meanwhile, poet and nonfiction author Buffy Silverman is hosting the Roundup! I’m so grateful that she’s giving a sneak peek of Finding Family. (I love her On a Snow-Melting Day and On a Gold-Blooming Day!) Happy Poetry Friday, everyone! (I have a few more Finding Family F&Gs to share with bloggers who might want to feature the book on their blog. Holler in the comments if you’re interested.)
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Love this, Laura. I would definitely be interested in reviewing FINDING FAMILY on my blog. So keep me in mind please.
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Laura, your poem is an excellent definito poem; I like that visual with it, too. I can see children understanding the meaning of fragment from your poem. I tried to go to Buffy’s blog from here, from Michele’s blog, and from Mary Lee Hann’s blog, but they all lead to a June post in 2022. There doesn’t seem to be a way to get to get to Buffy’s blog from yesterday on her blog. Do you know of some other way to get there so I can see sneak peak of Finding Family and see the list of other poetry bloggers that I can visit? Congratulations on your Junior Library Guild selection for Finding Family!
Sorry, Gail–wacky things happened to my post. Here’s the link:
https://buffysilverman.com/its-poetry-friday‑5/
Hi Gail–hope you saw Buffy’s reply or my updated link. There was tech wackiness with Buffy’s blog! Thanks so much for the kind words!
That’s such a terrific idea for teaching unfamiliar vocabulary–and love how the title of your definito reinforces the change to fragment.
Thanks, Buffy!
Love your definito, Laura, especially the last 4 lines. Your new book looks terrific! Can’t wait to read it.
Thank you, Marti!
Tucking the idea into my brain for another poetry lesson with my kiddos. Or rather vocabulary lesson. I love your poem with its image as a model poem. I love the sound of “piece of it” with “fragment”.
Thanks, Margaret!
Congratulations on the forthcoming book, Laura. Your definito makes me think of families — how we are a whole but also separate parts. If you still have room on your blog tour, I’d love to host you.
Oh, I love that, Laura. A fragment can hae a more positive association than of something broken! Would love to be on your blog–thank you! Can you hop over to https://forms.gle/BVwYK3wsLakPENyU7 and fill that out?
Hi Laura, I love the idea of poetry to help with vocabulary! I really enjoyed rereading this poem and processing the image.
Thanks, Mandy!
Your definito poem hits the mark, Laura, exploring the the former,and the current reality of the situation. I am instantly reminded of Roger McGough’s poem ‑Smithereens- those even smaller fragments. You have provided a timely reminder that its been awhile since I delved into a definito! Thanks.
Oooh, what a lovely poem, the McGough one. I didn’t know that one. Thank you! I’ve been enjoying the definito waters lately. It had been a long time since I’d written one :>)
Writing poetry as response to reading is such a fantastic idea, whether it is definitos for the vocabulary, or imagining more about a character, or describing the setting, or connecting to the theme…and not just for kids! This week I’ll try this with my own reading!
I used to (in maybe 2014–2016 or so) do poetryactions, my mash-up of poetry and reactions, to books I read. Usually just inspired by the book, but not about it. Here they are: https://laurasalas.com/tag/poetryactions/ I’ve been thinking of revisiting that activity…
Whoo-hoo! More definitos in the world (this is so direct, so elegantly informative) and more LPS books in the world! I have a definito today too, to go with an adult poem.
I like the connectedness your poem offers in these “tiny bits, and I agree what a wonderful way to learn new words! Thanks for sharing all Laura, I’m looking forward to reading “Finding Family.”