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Top 5 Tips to Getting Poetry
Join Dr. Brandon Abdon and special guest Celine Gomez as they walk through some tried and true strategies for helping students understand and...
Join Dr. Brandon Abdon and special guest Melissa Alter-Smith, founder of #TeachLivingPoets, to explore common-sense approaches to help even the most reluctant students get into poetry.
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