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Using Your Common Senses

The poets from Mrs. Thomas’s afterschool poetry program wrote about the 5 senses. This collaborative activity focused on 2 ways of using the senses; metaphorically and descriptive. In the first stanza, poets used the […]

Similes That Will Make You Smile

In this activity the afterschool poets learned about one of the most commonly used literally devices in poetry; similes. Poets used similes to compare their dreams to…well you’ll have to read for yourself! Jasmine […]

City City

The poets from Mrs. Thomas’s afterschool Poetry Battle wrote a collaborative poem about the good and bad of city life. In this exercise we discussed the structure of lines, lyrics, and stanzas. Enjoy!   […]

Afterschool Alliteration in Action

The poets from Mrs. Thomas’s afterschool Poetry Battle challenged each other to an afterschool alliteration contest. Who won!? Bryden Bryden does not touch Beehives while hearing Lil’ Baby and Biggie and he plays basketball […]

What is Your Fear?

The poet’s from Miss Gonzalez’s seventh grade class at Avondale Logandale have conjured up some of their scariest fears for your delight. These fear poems are exercise in creating suspense in our literature. Do […]

Valentine’s Day Haikus

Love is not lost with this generation of poets! They all wrote Valentine’s Day Haikus dedicated to their love. 306 Mother By Karianey G. To my love mother mother I love you so much […]

I‘ve got the BLUES

This lesson, written by Leslie Reese, incorporates America’s original Black music; the Blues. Poets wrote about their personal problems while injecting a Blues chorus into their poems.     Room 315   Boney Bones […]

Climbing the Hill

This lesson was inspired by Amanda’s Gorman poem “The Hill We Climb”. Poets wrote about their fears, angers, and hope for the future of the United States.   Room 315 Luis D.   Dear […]

Who I Am

The 7th graders from Logandale wrote about what they metaphorically “are” and “are not”. This activity further exercises their skills in recognizing and relating to metaphors. Enjoy! 306   Myself By Alondra H.   […]

Passing Time in the Pandemic

They are many new hobbies that people have picked up to pass time through the pandemic. Mrs. Gonzalez’s 7th grade poets wrote about how they are passing time and how it makes them feel. […]

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