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Self-Portrait of Carver

Last week, I walked in and saw students embroidering faces, hobbies, and traits onto a blank white piece of fabric. The alignment was cosmic. As students finished up their self-portraits for art class, we […]

Name It

Last week was fun and led to an unexpected change of events. We had a new student stop by, who shared that she wasn’t the biggest poetry fan because the form feels too serious […]

Where The Heart Is

Hello again! Last week, Carver’s student did a deep dive into more figurative language, this time looking at metaphors in our poetry. Together, we listened to Kanye West’s “Homecoming” and discussed its lyrical content. […]

A Love Double-Take

Hello again, dear reader. This week’s Carver session took place on Valentine’s Day, and what better way to celebrate than to read poems we love together? Students learned a little bit about June Jordan, […]

Love is in the Air

Hello again, dear reader. I’m back with a recap of last week’s session with our Carver students. Last week was a lovefest, featuring some moments of nostalgia from a new student and lots of […]

Why We Write

Last week, Carver students spent some time reflecting on what brought us to this writing space. We started off by watching a performance of Sabrina Benaim’s poem “Explaining Depression To My Mother” and talked […]

“I Am…”

Hello, dear reader! Last week was my first week with Carver’s students and they greeted me with a warm poetry welcome. As an introduction, we began the session with a quick warm-up involving some […]

Two-a-Pairs

Hale students are powerful on their own, but also make great team players. Together, we discussed what makes something a good pair, then named some of our favorites. Things like peanut butter and jelly, […]

Monster Masterpieces

Last week, Hale’s summer program students dabbled in the world of fantasy with their writing. Our 3-6th graders first spent time creating their own monsters with interesting back stories to match. Some of our […]

The Story of a Name

This week kicked off our first week of Hale’s summer poetry program. Students got warmed up with a few exciting games of Simon Says and Four Corners before reading name poems. We talked about […]

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