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Choose Your Own Adventure

Sometimes, it takes a new word or conversation to spark a poem like nothing we’ve written before. Last week, Hale 6-8th graders relied on technology to inspire our writing. On Tuesday, we warmed up […]

Inside Out Metaphors

Last week, we took a closer look at the world of figurative language with our lesson on metaphors. Our 4th and 5th graders have a good grasp on similes, so it was nice expanding […]

Say What You Meme

Happy Friday, dear readers! This week, Hale 6-8th grade students ventured into the realm of humorous poetry and crafted some words that made our sides hurt with laughter. On Tuesday, we talked about memes […]

Making Memories

What do memories mean to you? Last week, Ms. Manning’s 4th and 5th graders spent some time daydreaming about past moments that were special to them. Some people had action-packed memories, like a student […]

Land Ahoy

This week, Hale students put their imagery creating skills to the test. Over the past few months, I’ve noticed that students have a particular love for including nature imagery in their poems. To stretch […]

Ode To…

On Thursday, we kept up our poem-writing spirits in Ms. Manning’s classroom and learned all about similes. We learned that similes are a type of figurative language that compare two things, and read Eloise […]

We Real Cool

This week, our fourth and fifth grade students got a double writing treat. On Wednesday, we turned Ms. Manning’s classroom into 1950’s Chicago with a reading of “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks. Then […]

Blank Space Magic

After a snowy few February days, Hale’s 6-8th grade poets reunited for another week of after school writing. This week, we continued our visual poem theme, exploring ways to creatively play with spacing in […]

Name The Poet

Ms. Manning’s 4th and 5th graders are a bright bunch with names that tell great stories. We spent this week getting to know each other more through the names that we carry. To warm […]

Make It Up!

This week, Hale’s 6-8th poetry club students ventured into the world of nonsense in poetry. One of the coolest things about writing poems is the ability to create new words, phrases, or even languages […]

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