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Cento Poems

Our time together at West Park Fine Arts Academy with both of Ms. Chambers 7th grade classes has come to end. For our final lesson we did Cento Poems which are poems made from […]

Reflection

The poets from West Park Fine Arts Academy were asked to time travel…sort of. They were asked to imagine being visited by their future selves from 10 years in the future. What would their […]

Haikus in Motion

The poets from Waters Elementary learned and wrote an ancient form of Japanese poetry called Haikus which follow a specific structure of three lines, with the first and last lines consisting of 5 syllables […]

Group Poems

After watching several group poems from the different Poetry Slam competitions, the poets from Waters Elementary wrote their own group pieces. This lesson focused on working together as a team and respecting each other’s […]

Don’t Go into the Waters!

Today we started one of the favorite lessons for middle schoolers. The fear lesson! The Poets from Waters Elementary School read and discussed “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Robert service and “Raven” by […]

Not So Simple Similes

Today the poets from Waters Elementary School learned about the power of one of the most used literary devices in poetry; similes and metaphors. After reading “Dreams” and “Harlem” by Langston Hughes, they were […]

Let’s Rhyme!

The Poets from Waters Elementary School learned a little lesson in hip hop. One of the most used rhyme schemes in rap music are couplets. After studying the lyrics and watching the performances of […]

Making Sense

The poets from Waters Elementary School took an exercise in description and metaphors. We experience the world through our senses. The young writers wrote of an experience through describing it by only using their […]

West Park Hauntings Part 3

As promised below are the horrific stories from the 7th grade Poets of West Park. Today we put the final touches on our stories then we shared and listen to each other. I hope […]

West Park Hauntings part 2

For this next part of the West Park Hauntings the young poets began to write their stories. This is the most writing-intensive lesson. Here we really dive into the structure of a story while […]

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