What do you think about as you drift off to sleep? We used Li Po’s contemplative “Quiet Night Thoughts,” to consider our thoughts between waking life and dreams. Because he is so skilled in brevity, we also used the poem to think about line breaks, sometimes tricky for any poet! We tried smushing the poem into a paragraph, and then breaking it back out, and the students discussed how Li Po makes a sleepy night rhythm, full of popping images with the line breaks as intended. Enjoy their work below!
Mr. Rence
2nd Grade
The Dream
Julissa G.
I see stars and
the moon and I
hug my stuffed bears
I dream about
family and
school
I See At Night
Katherine
I like to see the stars
then I go to sleep
I read my book to go
to sleep
I eat milk and cookies then
I go to sleep
I say good night to my family
and go to sleep
Untitled
Nijah
Before my bed stars
are bright in the
sky
I think about
Christmas and there’s
no school
Mr. Postlethwait
2nd Grade
Luna
Rozanna
At mi cama I see stars y luna
abres como moveros
Moon
Rozanna
At my bed I see stars and moon
open and move away
Antes De Dormir
Emily
En la noche veo la luna brillando
y muy bonita y las
estrellas
Yo pienso que la luna
viene a mi y las estrellas
también
Before My Bed
Janet
Before I go to bed
there is a peluche
on my bed and stars
under the window on the cielo:
Yo pienso en la noche
que va a pasar a mañana
en la escuela y que
va hacer la tarea
