Last Friday, Write-On! head coaches Rachel Shepard (C'11), Collin Schenk (C'11), and Zachary Lyons (C'12), introduced a group of Lea Elementary School 6th, 7th and 8th graders to their third-eyes. Using a writing exercise adapted from Kenneth Koch's Wishes, Lies and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry, Lea students and their Write-On! coaches collaborated to write a series of poems that discover and reveal the differences between what is seen, what is known, and what is imagined. You can read their poems here, on the Lea Elementary page. We hope you'll check the page regularly for new student poems. Write-On! is Kelly Writers House's literacy outreach program that introduces West Philadelphia students to reading and discussing literature, as well as writing and presenting their own creative writing. Write-On! is supported by The Esther T. Saxon Fund, established by Penn alumni Brian (W'90)and Jerilyn Perman (C'91).
Thursday, October 8, 2009
My Third Eye Sees...
Last Friday, Write-On! head coaches Rachel Shepard (C'11), Collin Schenk (C'11), and Zachary Lyons (C'12), introduced a group of Lea Elementary School 6th, 7th and 8th graders to their third-eyes. Using a writing exercise adapted from Kenneth Koch's Wishes, Lies and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry, Lea students and their Write-On! coaches collaborated to write a series of poems that discover and reveal the differences between what is seen, what is known, and what is imagined. You can read their poems here, on the Lea Elementary page. We hope you'll check the page regularly for new student poems. Write-On! is Kelly Writers House's literacy outreach program that introduces West Philadelphia students to reading and discussing literature, as well as writing and presenting their own creative writing. Write-On! is supported by The Esther T. Saxon Fund, established by Penn alumni Brian (W'90)and Jerilyn Perman (C'91).
