Teaching Writing with Secret Writing Weapons
If music be the food of love, play on! I agree with Shakespeare–music is the food of love, but for me, music is also the food of creativity, originality, and storytelling. But let me start at the beginning. Last Saturday, I asked my writing students to tell me the aspects of our class where they learned the most. Every one of them talked about the lessons that incorporated poetry, music, and song lyrics into writing skills. Because music and poetry…
