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KRISTINE O’CONNELL
      GEORGE
    AUTHOR PRESENTATION
KRISTINE O’CONNELL GEORGE

• Born in Denver, Colorado
• Inspired by nature and often finds inspiration in her
  own backyard
• Principle voice in contemporary children’s poetry
• Received the Claudia Lewis Award from Bank Street
  and was named an ALA Notable, School Library
  Journal Best Book, and Bulletin Blue Ribbon for her
  most recent book, Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems
• Currently resides in the Santa Monica Mountains of
  Southern California with her family
THEMES


       • Nature
      • Animals
• Special moments
• Everyday objects
   • Relationships
TECHNIQUES


       • Lyrical
       • Playful
      • Imagery
• Imaginative voice
   • Point of view
PLAYFUL


Kristine O’Connell George creates silly
          and playful poetry.
TREE TRAFFIC


Major tree traffic today—
commuters in both directions,

rippling up and down,
tails unfurled.

The treeway is
heavily squirreled.
VOICE & POINT OF VIEW


George utilizes different ‘voices’ and points of
view within her poetry, most specifically from
          the point of view of trees.
OLD ELM SPEAKS


It is as I told you, Young Sapling.
It will take
autumns of patience
before you snag
your
first
moon.
IMAGERY


 Kristine O’Connell George creates beautiful
imagery within her poetry through the use of
descriptive language and rhetorical devices
               such as similes.
POLLIWOGS

     Come see
     What I found
     Chubby commas,
     Mouths round,
     Plump babies
     Stubby as toes.
     Polliwogs!
     Tadpoles!

     Come see
     What I found!
     Frogs-in-waiting—
     Huddled in puddles,
     Snuggled in mud.
RECYCLED
PUBLISHED WORKS

• Book!                    • Hummingbird Nest: A
• The Great Frog Race        Journal of Poems
• Old Elm Speaks: Tree     • One Mitten
  Poems                    • Up!
• Toasting Marshmallows:   • Fold Me a Poem
  Camping Poems            • Emma Dilemma: Big
• Little Dog Poems           Sister Poems
• Little Dog and Duncan
• Swimming Upstream:
  Middle School Poems
CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Encourage students to find some aspect of nature that
  interests them and write a lyrical, imagistic poem about it.
• Allow students to create their own poems about:
  •   Nature
  •   Animals
  •   Special moments
  •   Relationships
  •   Everyday objects

• Read Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems and discuss with students
  the importance and effect that ‘voice’ and point of view
  gives to poetry. Allow students to experiment with writing
  poetry from different perspectives and with different voices.
• Give students a random object and have them write a poem
  about it that gives it both importance and meaning.

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Author presentation

  • 1. KRISTINE O’CONNELL GEORGE AUTHOR PRESENTATION
  • 2. KRISTINE O’CONNELL GEORGE • Born in Denver, Colorado • Inspired by nature and often finds inspiration in her own backyard • Principle voice in contemporary children’s poetry • Received the Claudia Lewis Award from Bank Street and was named an ALA Notable, School Library Journal Best Book, and Bulletin Blue Ribbon for her most recent book, Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems • Currently resides in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California with her family
  • 3. THEMES • Nature • Animals • Special moments • Everyday objects • Relationships
  • 4. TECHNIQUES • Lyrical • Playful • Imagery • Imaginative voice • Point of view
  • 5. PLAYFUL Kristine O’Connell George creates silly and playful poetry.
  • 6. TREE TRAFFIC Major tree traffic today— commuters in both directions, rippling up and down, tails unfurled. The treeway is heavily squirreled.
  • 7. VOICE & POINT OF VIEW George utilizes different ‘voices’ and points of view within her poetry, most specifically from the point of view of trees.
  • 8. OLD ELM SPEAKS It is as I told you, Young Sapling. It will take autumns of patience before you snag your first moon.
  • 9. IMAGERY Kristine O’Connell George creates beautiful imagery within her poetry through the use of descriptive language and rhetorical devices such as similes.
  • 10. POLLIWOGS Come see What I found Chubby commas, Mouths round, Plump babies Stubby as toes. Polliwogs! Tadpoles! Come see What I found! Frogs-in-waiting— Huddled in puddles, Snuggled in mud.
  • 12. PUBLISHED WORKS • Book! • Hummingbird Nest: A • The Great Frog Race Journal of Poems • Old Elm Speaks: Tree • One Mitten Poems • Up! • Toasting Marshmallows: • Fold Me a Poem Camping Poems • Emma Dilemma: Big • Little Dog Poems Sister Poems • Little Dog and Duncan • Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems
  • 13. CLASSROOM CONNECTION • Encourage students to find some aspect of nature that interests them and write a lyrical, imagistic poem about it. • Allow students to create their own poems about: • Nature • Animals • Special moments • Relationships • Everyday objects • Read Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems and discuss with students the importance and effect that ‘voice’ and point of view gives to poetry. Allow students to experiment with writing poetry from different perspectives and with different voices. • Give students a random object and have them write a poem about it that gives it both importance and meaning.