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Sara Holbrook - Poet/Author

The LRC will host poet/author Sara Holbrook on Tuesday, March 8. Ms. Holbrook hails from Ohio and is being brought to us by a grant from the Carthage Education Foundation. In preparation for her visit, the library and Language Arts department are coordinating some poetry activities for the month of February featuring many of Ms. Holbrook's poems.
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A poem a day will be read in Language Arts classes

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Doors will be decorated from favorite poem

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Students will select a favorite poem and write a 500 word essay on  how that poem relates to them or someone they know.  Forty-five of the top essays will be eligible to attend a workshop conducted by Ms. Holbrook.

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View Ms. Holbrooks' website in the library on library day


Ms. Holbrook read some of her favorite poems to the 7th grade classes.


LRC Specialists Ms. Duckworth and Ms. Johnson dressed up for the occasion!

 

 

 

 

 Parents and Education Foundation members are invited and encouraged to attend her performances. She makes poetry fun!

Ms. Holbrook's books are available for purchase in the LRC. She will autograph and personalize the books with students' names when she comes to visit. 

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The Dog Ate My Homework                $8.00

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Am I Naturally This Crazy?                   $8.00

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Which Way to the Dragon?                   $9.00

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I Never Said I Wasn't Difficult               $8.00

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Walking On the Boundaries of Change   $9.00

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Nothing's the End of the World               $8.00

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Wham, It's a Poetry Jam                       $10.00

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By Definition                                           $9.00
 

Visit Sara Holbrooks' Website
Visit Ms. Holbrook's Blog Site and tell her
what you think of her visit!


Ms. Holbrook autographed books that
students purchased.