Katie Storms

I compose poetry when I run. Retweets to build community and spark conversation, not endorsements. she/her. you matter. be kind. speak up.

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

This is the first poem that appears in my new book, Above Ground. I’ve been thinking a lot about the simultaneity of the human experience. How joy sits alongside sorrow. How wonder sits alongside despair. How we carry all of it all at once.

[Morgan Smith @thewordsmithm]

Serena Williams announced her retirement from tennis this morning — and in true GOAT fashion, she used the news to make an important point about the sacrifices women must often make in their careers (and the double standard that still exists in sports):
https://t.co/NXmuoPvv7Y

[Katie Storms @MsStorms]

Building trust and boundaries: I love that.

[Katie Storms @MsStorms]

These ideas could keep my class building community all year—beyond that first day. I love the one about groups and what we need🤩🪴

[Jasmyne K. Rogers, M.A.T @msrogerstribe]

Real intentional. My 8th grade learners and I will cultivate genius and joy for the 2022-2023 and beyond!

Thank you for your critical research in historically Black literary societies and creating the HRL framework, @GholdyM! 💚

[Katie Storms @MsStorms]

"Listening to the song now, it feels both old and like the future, like something that has never happened before and also keeps happening. It's haunting." From “Stranger Things” to TikTok: Kate Bush speaks to lonely kids. Here’s why | https://t.co/WWyNgms0GY

[Katie Storms @MsStorms]

The message, the craft, the visual layers with text. This essay blends genre to intensify the focus in powerful ways. Who do we want to be as a society? A community? How do we want to be remembered? #dogoodthenbetter #mentortext https://t.co/okO7NuPlly

[Kelly Gallagher @KellyGToGo]

I have withdrawn from participating in the 2022 Plum Creek Literacy Festival. It is the first time I have ever backed out of a speaking engagement. Here is why I made this decision:
https://t.co/PdT8KURtoB

[Katie Storms @MsStorms]

Teens designed museums to explore the emotional lives of teen protagonists. Each book club created a plan, curated artifacts and evidence. Some had us walk through a character’s brain; some had us explore a jungle simulation; some sketched paintings. @pennykittle #booklove

[Scott Bayer #THEBOOKCHAT co-founder @Lyricalswordz]

I wasn't prepared when I first saw this. A stunning collaborative recitation of Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy that brings a new relevance to the play. (Even if you don't teach Hamlet, this is a absolutely worth your time) https://t.co/vBa7aUFt5O

[Katie Storms @MsStorms]

@m_bows4 @PlayersTribune Awesome!! Powerful, personal, persuasive, beautiful. Thank you for your words, thank you for your story.

[Katie Storms @MsStorms]

@acevedowrites This poem is everything. Would you mind if I displayed it on a wall in our classroom? I hope you don’t mind my posting it. Thank you. My younger self wishes she had your voice. “Your body is always a good body/because it carries the good in you.” ❤️

[Katie Storms @MsStorms]

“Students should leave the classroom w/ more knowledge than when they walked in, but they should not walk out feeling bad about themselves or bad about choices they’ve made,” https://t.co/aYAX4P0deU

[Katie Storms @MsStorms]

This essay is everything: beautiful, personal, persuasive, powerful. @m_bows4 "But we were always there — and we’re still here, as proud as ever to be playing the game we love." #mentortext #movingwriters❤️

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

“Hockey has always been Black.

Does that sound provocative? Controversial?

It shouldn’t be. It’s the reality I’ve known ever since I first put on skates.”

@Canucks defenseman @m_bows4 on being a Black hockey player. https://t.co/276YQO8hHR

[Heinemann @HeinemannPub]

Kids are reading lots of novels and writing lots of essays—could one of these experiences be traded to make room for the creation of digital compositions?
https://t.co/DbgWg5oxmE @pennykittle @KellyGToGo

[Katie Storms @MsStorms]

Student work on all the wall space. Student work in all the folders. We learn by doing. Learning is social. We’ve grown so much in our study of A Raisin in the Sun with poems and art and videos and songs and collages and posters and photos. #movingwriters

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

Never been a true fan of "I-Can" statements.

Been playing around with "Can-I" questions.

I can organize my writing.

Can I organize my writing?

Semantics? Maybe. But I think there's something to opening ownership w/the question. It feels like a more authentic place to begin.

[Katie Storms @MsStorms]

@msschilllax I’d love them.