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I’m green and slimy. I like to hide in my shell. I move slow like a slug. by Victoria, 3rd grade Answer: I am a turtle. Posted in animal, formal, nature, poetry, writers in the schools Tagged: animal poem, guessing game, guessing poem, haiku, short poem
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I’m green and slimy. I like to hide in my shell. I move slow like a slug. by Victoria, 3rd grade A
Barbara
Barbara
Sounds like an editor I worked with once.
8 hours ago
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Students in grades 7-12 from the U.S., Canada, and American schools abroad are eligible to enter the annual contest sponsored by Scholastic Books. Check out their site for more information. Posted in art, contest, creativity, education, essay, student writing contest, writers in the schools
Writers in the Schools (WITS)
Students in grades 7-12 from the U.S., Canada, and American schools abroad are eligible to enter the annual contest sponsored by Scholastic Books. Check out their site for more information. Posted in art, contest, creativity, education, essay, student writing contest, writers in the schools
Writers in the Schools (WITS)

Writers in the Schools (WITS) Check out photos from WITS 25th Anniversary Celebration!

Writers in the Schools (WITS)
Former WITS Writer Radames Ortiz and Houston poets Lupe Mendez and Byron Jones have joined forces to bring Houston @Wired: A Multimedia Explosion of Poetry. @Wired is a revolutionary approach to exposing the literary masses to a new type of poetry reading. By incorporating social media, music, so...
Writers in the Schools (WITS)
Former WITS Writer Radames Ortiz and Houston poets Lupe Mendez and Byron Jones have joined forces to bring Houston @Wired: A Multimedia Explosion of Poetry. @Wired is a revolutionary approach to exposing the literary masses to a new type of poetry reading...
Writers in the Schools (WITS)

Writers in the Schools (WITS) Thanks for supporting our first gala ever! Pictures are coming soon!

November 11 at 12:20pm
Terry Blackhawk
Terry Blackhawk
Looking forward to the pics!!
November 11 at 2:02pm
Nela Reka
Writers in the Schools (WITS)
I hang upside down. Red blood rushes to my head. My tail curls on wire. by Lillian, 3rd grade Answer: I am an opossum. Posted in animal, formal, nature, poetry, writers in the schools Tagged: animal poem, guessing game, guessing poem, haiku, short poem
Writers in the Schools (WITS)
The Blue Pencil Online is edited and produced by the students in the Writing & Publishing Program at Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, Massachusetts. The magazine seeks to publish the best of literary work in English by young writers (12–18). You can find out how to submit to this jo...
Writers in the Schools (WITS)
The Blue Pencil Online is edited and produced by the students in the Writing & Publishing Program at Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, Massachusetts. The magazine seeks to publish the best of literary work in English by young writers (12–18). ...
Writers in the Schools (WITS)
Mini-mice mounting the madmanta-rays mopping the moon.They look at machinery,picking up mysterious metal messagesin bottles, maybe from Martians!by Lewis, 3rd gradeillustration from “Tillie and the Wall” by Leo LionniPosted in animal, humor, imagination, poetry, writers in the schools...
Amber Byrd

Amber Byrd if i want to start attending the workshops on saturdays @ discovery green do i have to pay??

November 8 at 1:13pm · Report
Writers in the Schools (WITS)
Writers in the Schools (WITS)
Hi Amber, The workshops at Discovery Green are free. They are held at the library every Saturday at 10:30. The target age range is grades 2-8, but some are older or younger than that. Join us!
November 9 at 7:34am
Amber Byrd
Amber Byrd
oh...im 16 so how will that work
November 9 at 2:29pm
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Writers in the Schools (WITS) Great coverage of our gala with photos - thanks so much for joining us, Jan!

On The Town Houston was founded by Jan Carson, social editor of Houston Lifestyles & Homes Magazine and former news anchor and reporter at KPRC-TV/NBC- 2, KTRK-TV/ABC-13 in Houston and KGO-TV/ABC-7 in San Francisco.
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Ellen Warach Leventhal
Ellen Warach Leventhal
Congrats! I was thinking about you all....
November 7 at 9:24am
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November 9 at 7:35am