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Say What!?

12 Mar 2019

This week students twisted their tongues as we talked about alliteration. They had to write their own tongue twisters that started with their name. Each week there will be 3 poems from each class […]

Diving into the Senses

5 Mar 2019

This week the poets were asked to use their 5 senses to describe an experience. Our goal was to focus on creative and colorful descriptions in poetry. Some of the poets chose to get […]

Of similes and metaphors for Valentine’s Day

18 Feb 2019

This week students wrote similes and metaphors dedicated to their secret love for Valentine’s Day! They had to compare their secret love to things that are beautiful. Each week there will be 3 poems […]

The City

18 Feb 2019

This week students read and analyzed Carl Sandburg’s iconic poem “Chicago”. We discussed the literary structure of the poem focusing on stanza, line, and lyric. Students then had to write a 3x3x3 (at least […]

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