Writers in the Schools (WITS) engages children in the pleasure and power of reading and writing. We’re an education nonprofit organization
Wishing you love, peace, and blankets, Your friends at Writers in the Schools
Light the glittering candles Chant the ancient prayers Spin the colorful dreidels Eat the crunchy latkes Sing a holiday song Remember a Jewish miracle Tear open a hundred gifts! By Sam
I am just sitting here on the slide watching the clouds pass by, thinking of you. I miss your vibrant colored shoes. I miss how your elegant voice said to me, “I love you.” I miss your brown glossy eyes. I miss your loose bangs. I miss how you kept me from danger. I miss [...]
Songbirds singing Trees waving in the wind The sound of people talking The sound of cars zooming by The smell of freshly cut grass The vision of doves flying overhead You can feel this dream making More and more of itself. by Ty, 4th grade
Did you ever want to make an animated movie? Using the Xtranormal Movie Maker, now you can. Simply choose your characters, type out the dialogue, and watch. Have fun!
What: Houston Inside Out: A Symposium Who: Rosellen Brown, Robb Walsh, Bao-Long Chu, Roger Wood, and Gwendolyn Zepeda Where: Houston Public Library, Central Branch, 500 McKinney St. When: Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 1:00 pm Cost: FREE and open to all! Writing & C/Siting Houston brings together writers, folklorists and scholars to create written portraits that explore the ways and the wheres through which [...]
Yellow The Sun Poetry Takes Shape I Am Somalia Flower Power Find a Poem My Epic Hero Spiral Poem Dinosaur Robot Skateboarding Ode to the Color Black Ode to Chocolate The Sound of the Trumpet Orange Climb Every Mountain Ode to Tennis Racquets I Heard a Song My Name 5 Reasons to Get WITS in [...]
The Celebration of Story benefiting Writers in the Schools (WITS) is tonight. Proceeds will provide WITS literary programs for low-income kids across Houston. Join us?
The WITS Celebration of Story will be held at 7pm on Thursday, November 3rd, and proceeds from this fundraising event will provide year-long literary programs for low-income children. 15 Houston artists have donated work for the silent auction. The list includes Wendy Wagner, Nicola Parente, and Liz Conces Spencer. Here are a few of the works that [...]
Sometimes the blank page can be a little intimidating. Here are a few sites that can help young writers get started in fiction writing. 1) The Story Starters application on the Scholastic site is for students in graders K-6. It looks like a funky machine with flashing lights and lurching mechanical sounds. It makes writing similar to [...]
This Thursday a project called Writing & C/Siting Houston presents personal essayists on the topic, Old Neighborhoods, New Neighbors. Four local writers will delve into their chosen Houston sites: Nimmi Jayathurai, “Banana Leaves and Migrant Passages” Raj Mankad, “America Varshe, America Kande: Hinduism, Ornament, and the Suburban Box” Thomas Meloncon, “My Fifth Ward” Gwendolyn Zepeda, “The [...]
Here’s some big news from our friends at Inprint. Young adult author Pseudonymous Bosch will this Sunday, October 16 at 3pm (doors open at 2:30pm) at Johnston Middle School, 10410 Manhattan Drive. This event is FREE. Here’s the scoop: “Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People” presents this event with the award-winning young adult author, who will read from his fifth book [...]
Here are some fun poetry games made just for kids: 1) The Funny Poem Machine is a mad-lib type of application. Fill in a short list of questions–crazy adjective, awesome verb, etc. And the machine will give pack a poem guaranteed to make you laugh. 2) The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) provides an [...]
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Public Poetry — which was just named the best reading series in Houston by the Houston Press– offers up its next event on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 2 pm at Discovery Green park in downtown Houston. To kick off the event, there will be a performance by The Mighty Orq. The featured poets will be Rich Levy, Martha [...]
There are fun versions of the refrigerator magnet poetry game all over the web. Here are a few sites that will allow you to express your inner “you.” 1) Twitter Magnets. Try this app if you’re hoping to wax poetic on Twitter. It even keeps track of your character count so you stay with the [...]
