Writers in the Schools (WITS) engages children in the pleasure and power of reading and writing. We’re an education nonprofit organization
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 [...]
WITS remembers Alice Hoffman, a gifted writer and a wonderfully generous young woman who passed away in the spring. Below we have posted a poem she wrote 3 years ago in the WITS program. Rest in peace, Alice, rest in peace. For another WITS story about Alice, click here.
From Hip Hop to SugarHill Marco Cervantes, “Transforming Jail Route” Bao-Long Chu, “2600 Travis” David Theis, “The Ruins of Houston” Roger Wood, “Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios: The Story of a House” Thursday, September 22, 2011, 7:00 pm Bohemeo’s, 708 Telephone Road, 77023 Free and open to all! Writing & C/Siting Houston brings [...]
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5 Reasons to Get WITS in your School I Am Somalia Pakistan Who I Am I am a Seashell Flower Power The Sun I Am Like a Flower Yellow Ode to Summer Skateboarding Poetry Takes Shape My Name Ode to the Color Black My Epic Hero
Way at night when you are asleep And you are way done counting jumping sheep Your nose jumps down into your jeep It drives around, collecting smells from lights, posts, signs, and bells, and from rocks and stones and limestone shells It may get off at Target or the Gap to lure those smells into [...]
On the beach in the murky sand Lays a cracked and chipped shell. As the sun looked down on it, A rainbow of neon colors glittered. For one special moment, it showed All of its beauty. Next second, it was a shell again. A cracked, chipped shell. by Michelle, 5th Grade
I look around and see rope like snake running up the house forts built of sandbags guns and more guns camo everywhere like costumes on Halloween barbed wire sharp as a knife big vehicles everywhere wounded hanging on to the last bit of hope by a thread dangerous, desperate for it to end. by William, [...]
Ingredients: 2 cups green goop 1 tablespoon squishy mud 1 teaspoon gravel 1 cup of water from a tree 1/2 cup of a man’s red beard 1 squiggle from the sun 1 1/2 cup paper Instructions: 1. Go to the beach. Collect lots of seaweed. Squeeze into a container until you have 2 cups. (If [...]
When I go to the train station, trains are speeding by with powerful noises that can make you deaf, and as they speed by oranges and yellows and whites suddenly clash together and my sight becomes a blur. And then the train screeches to a stop and the colors bounce back into place. by Christin, 4th grade
The mercury with the silver glint, has death written on it, yet it shimmers for an instant, out of fiery pits it comes, out of death into heaven for an instant then back. by Shannon, 4th Grade
I like when the sun rises in the East to get me out of bed. I like how the cool wind blows on my face. I like when new flowers open and bloom in the morning. I like reading encyclopedias. I like serving food to my family on Thanksgiving. I like playing with my baby [...]
In order to continue serving Houston’s low income students, WITS has reduced fees to levels used in the 1990s. Interested parents, teachers, and school administrators can find out more about this opportunity here.
5) Students gain self-esteem through authorship and public performances. 4) In 10 years of data, WITS students show marked improvement in literacy skills and higher standardized test scores. 3) We tailor the project to match your students’ needs and your school’s budget. 2) WITS in-services and professional development workshops have changed teachers’ lives. 1) WITS [...]
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I Am Somalia Who I Am I am a Seashell The Sun I Am Like a Flower Ode to Summer Yellow Flower Power Dragonfly Skateboarding
Another summer of Writing Camp has come and gone. Check out this montage made by a great group of entering 4th graders led by WITS Writers Ms. Kiki and Mr. Chuey.
