William Walter
Poetry Bee Blog #5: Clergyman Poets
You may have noticed in class that I spend a lot of time talking about poems and the poets who wrote them. One of the reasons is that I...
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William Walter
Oct 20, 20233 min read
Poetry Bee Blog #4: Fantasy of the 1500s
Edmund Spenser “The Faerie Queene” What do you like to read? Poetry? Detective and mystery? Or works by classic authors, such as Charles...
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William Walter
Oct 9, 20232 min read
Poetry Bee Blog #3: The First Poet of Western Civilization
In the first two PQFTDs, we talked about firsts: the first American poet (Anne Bradstreet) and the first known English poet (Caedmon). We...
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William Walter
Sep 28, 20232 min read
Poetry Bee Blog #2: A Dream-Inspired Poet
Caedmon We talked about the first known American poet, Anne Bradstreet. But what about the first English poet? Although the epithet...
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William Walter
Sep 18, 20232 min read
Poetry Bee Blog #1: Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet In this our first blog on poets and poetry for the 2024 Poetry Contest, scheduled in January, we begin at the...
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William Walter
Aug 21, 20234 min read
The Power of Poetry
Many parents and teachers view poetry as icing on the cake, and it is rare to find elementary or middle school classrooms that give a lot...
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William Walter
Oct 29, 20222 min read
Pajama Students by Sophia Burrowes
With the exception of my 4th-grade year, I’ve been homeschooled almost all of my life. One distinct memory is that if I told anyone I was...
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William Walter
Oct 18, 20223 min read
My Petty Little Dictator by Anna Rose Walter
If you search online,“how to be productive,” most likely many articles will come up on the helpfulness of writing lists. These websites...
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William Walter
Sep 24, 20221 min read
Late Again by Lucas Mohan
While I know of some notable exceptions, homeschooling families as a general rule seem to have a remarkable talent for showing up late....
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William Walter
Aug 10, 20221 min read
Something to Keep Us Humble
Thomas Hooker (1586?-1647), an English nonconformist preacher, emigrated to America, where he remained a pastor and preacher. On his...
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