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The Grand Finale

It’s hard to believe we reached our final session together. This session was a relaxed journey into the future. Students spent our time together clipping magazines to create vision boards. The classroom was filled […]

Spoken Word, Pt. 3

On our final day of the spoken word series, students made their premiere at the Mahogany Club. The club is an open mic venue in the classroom curated by Ms. Manning herself. One by […]

Spoken Word Pt. 2

Kozminski’s 4th and 5th graders continued writing and practicing poems to prepare for their Mahogany Club performances. We focused on the physical elements of performing, thinking ways to emphasize our words when reciting a […]

Spoken Word Pt. 1

Kozminski’s 4th and 5th graders took some time to learn more about spoken word poetry and what makes it so dynamic. Before we dove in on day one, we warmed up with some tableau. […]

What’s On Your Plate?

Kozminski students had a mouth-watering writing session last week, with help from fellow Poets In Residence Isaac Miller and Chasity Gunn. Students started off with a fun emoji guessing game to get their brains […]

Editing Greatness

Hello again, readers! It’s hard to believe, but we are near the end of our time together at Kozminski. Last week was a relaxed one. We spent our time together editing past poems, polishing […]

The Colors of Kozminski

Last week, Kozminski students dabbled in personification. Together, we practiced giving human-like qualities to non-living things then had a great conversation about our favorite colors. We then tried personification by brainstorming as many yellow […]

Spaceship Rhymes

Hello readers! This week, Kozminski’s 4th and 5th graders took a trip to outer space. We were inspired by fellow Poet-In-Residence Joy Young’s space exploration lesson and started off our session with some good […]

Little Works of Art

Hello again, readers. Kozminski’s 4th and 5th graders jumped into our lesson this week with their artistic skills shining. We borrowed fellow Poet-In-Residence Joy Young’s lesson on art-inspired poetry, also known as ekphrastic poetry. […]

The Grand Finale

Our final week as Hale’s 6-8th grade poetry club was a bittersweet one, but we made sure to celebrate. Throughout the school year, they’ve challenged themselves to creatively put words on a page. On […]

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