To the editor: Thanks, Joshua Curnett, for reminding me how good it felt teaching English to adolescents. (“The El Capitan of freshman English: Memorize a — gasp! — poem,” Opinion, May 27) Retired ...
Rachel Alexander Cambre, Ph.D., is a visiting fellow with the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. In his rousing keynote ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS >> Reading aloud is, alas, considered an old-fashioned accomplishment, done these days perhaps only for toddlers who won’t sit still and for high school English teachers grading ...
How many poems do you know by heart? Not nursery rhymes or limericks, but poems of subtle structure and nuance, written in iambic pentameter, dactylic hexameter, AABB, or blank verse. If you are like ...
The civil rights leader went on the show in 1972, leading a group of children in reciting the poem “I Am Somebody.” Originally written by Rev. William Holmes Borders Sr., the piece asserts that ...
In celebration of National Poetry Month, we spoke with four Black poets about their connection to poetry and how they hope their latest books in verse will inspire readers. My grandfather was a poet, ...
Morning Sanskrit mantras offer Indian children a spiritual start, enhancing memory, concentration, and emotional control.
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