Scott McCloskey

[Scott McCloskey @scottmccloskey]

@SketchesbyBoze "For a long time no one spoke. We had witnessed something essential, something brand-new and profound, a piece of the world so startling there was not yet a word for it." "How to Tell a True War Story," Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

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@jkirk___ @NatVadas Thank you for this!
Here are some that I've used in the past: https://t.co/0Jnmfuv7Wu
I used @PearDeck and @MrsParkShine awesome template paired with various "would you rather" questions. Sources are in the speaker's notes. My high school students really seemed to enjoy them!

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@SEANJFAHEY If you find any books (fiction or nonfiction) by these voice actors, you can't go wrong: Frank Muller, George Guidall, and Grover Gardner. Seriously. ANY. They are so good!

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@APLit_Teacher These aren't prose so feel free to promptly delete this tweet. (That seems a bit excessive, though...you could just ignore it. Lol.) Two poems which speak thematically to your passage could be W. H. Auden's "Musee des Beaux Arts" and WCW's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus."

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@MelAlterSmith Thank you so much for your list of poems (and the videos on your site -- and everything else on there, too, btw). I have been introduced to so many great poems this morning because of you that I just had to pause my exploration to express my thanks!

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Your name (Lame, I know, but I couldn't help it. Lol.) Scott McCloskey

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@andersbooks @JoelRGarza @Lyricalswordz It's so good! (And don't forget book 4.5 -- The Wind Through the Keyhole -- not "critical" for the major plot points for the other 7 books, but it was still fun to hear Roland's voice again...wait, did I just become THAT guy on this Twitter thread...sorry...I'll see myself out.)

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@mrsbyarshistory Mrs. Byars, as someone who is grateful for all the cool stuff that you share here, I felt compelled to offer some poetry suggestions: https://t.co/ocz62lslGi , https://t.co/O9awYp4Q8G , https://t.co/dGmMNYrWNg , https://t.co/NtWOs7bgNz . Enjoy!

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A6: Maybe "My Life" by Joe Wenderoth. It seems both poems could be about a "loss of innocence." They both could be "takes" on what we thought we "knew" only to find out that these "things" are quite different "in the real world." https://t.co/F4n41b9gWS #TeachLivingPoets

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A5: It does what good poems often do -- make us question our perspectives or look at something "old" in a "new" way. "I’m tired of being sold." What a meaningful line! I hadn't thought of that before...the commerce of it...the message behind the message. #TeachLivingPoets

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A4: Good question! It just "feels" more poetic. (Not a great answer, I know.) I'm reminded of that Howard Nemerov poem "Because You Asked about the Line between Prose and Poetry." https://t.co/rZUxHunWlU #TeachLivingPoets

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@KristinRunyon Hi Kristin, Thanks for "hosting" this week! (And for introducing me to this cool poem!)

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Hi I'm Scott from Michigan. Ready to end my week with poetry! (or is it "start my week" Lol.) #TeachLivingPoets

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@KristinRunyon Totally agree!

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A1: I really enjoy the lines about Samantha: "Would like to be a painter or possibly the president of the united states of america." This is very funny to me. Those are, seemingly, very different career paths. #TeachLivingPoets

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A3: It's very prose poem(y), which I like because they are reminiscent of the descriptions that would accompany the dolls (I assume.) #TeachLivingPoets

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WU: Not a favorite, but we played with the Stretch Armstrong doll until we broke it open and tasted the "filling" inside. I was quite young, but I do remember that it looked -- and, perhaps, tasted -- like jelly. #TeachLivingPoets