Introduction

This poetry workshop is a writing workshop re-created for my family as a balm for the times and an activity to stimulate our creativity and exercise our brains. It is based on a writer's workshop unit on poetry developed while teaching middle school. The original lessons were chosen and designed for reluctant poetry writers, so most of the strategies involve some kind of prewriting activity, a poetic form to structure our writing, and a focus on free-verse.  At several points, we will explore revision strategies specific to poetry and take some of our work through the entire writing process. While predominately writing focused, I will share some poetry to illustrate ideas or forms. 

The plan is to have sessions on Zoom twice a week, and to document the activities, supply some additional resources, and publish here.