Vicky Edmonds

Sample Residency Topics: willing to develop new SEL writing exercises with teachers

● Deep Inside ~ simile poems ~ self-discovery, self-reflection & self-esteem

● Feelings ~ simile & imagery poems ~ listening to our feelings and learning how to soothe ourselves

● Appreciation ~ extended metaphor ~ honoring our relationships with those closest to us

● Hurt Feelings ~ learning to use our words to work through difficulties with others

● Earnest Apologies ~ creating empathy & integrity while taking sincere responsibility for our mistakes

● Truth & Lies ~ noticing how we feel inside when we use our words for either sincerity or to hide

● We Are Different ~ looking at our differences and similarities in new ways for inclusion and acceptance

● Family ~ extended simile poems ~ appreciating each one’s contribution to us and to our family as a whole

● Nature ~ personification poems ~ evoking gratitude for n nature that gives itself to us so selflessly

● Invisible Beauties ~ understanding the intangible yet most beautiful human qualities hidden inside

● Poetry On Poetry ~ assessing students’ feelings about poetry through their own process

EALR Focus:

1.1 Understands arts concepts and vocabulary

1.2 Develops arts skills and techniques

2.1 Applies a creative process in the arts

3.1 Uses the arts to express feelings and present ideas

3.2 Uses the arts to communicate for a specific purpose

CCSS: Anchor Standards #3, 4 & 10

21st Century Skills Focus: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Reflection, Perseverance, Risk Taking, Imagination, Inspiration, Communication, Emotional Literacy, Environmental Awareness, Humanitarianism, Empathy, Collaboration & Public Speaking (becoming performing artists and kind audiences during daily and end of residency poetry readings) and a profound sense of connection with ourselves and others as a result of having a means to honor our deepest truths *

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