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Rhythmic Poems – Avondale Logandale 5th Grade – Winter 2020

Students learned about rhythm in poetry and to apply this to their work. Students practiced writing to a 4 beat rhythm and to work within a 4 line stanza. Ms. Pannel 5th Grade 8:45 […]

Superhero Poems – Avondale Logandale 3rd & 4th Grade – Winter 2020

During this session of the Chicago Poetry residence Avondale-Logandale students discussed Black History Month, they then discussed leaders from the Black community and their superhero-like qualities. Students then created their own superhero poems and […]

Superhero Poems – Avondale Logandale 5th Grade – Winter 2020

During this session of the Chicago Poetry residence Avondale-Logandale students discussed Black History Month, they then discussed leaders from the Black community and their superhero-like qualities. Students then created their own superhero poems and […]

Love is Poems – Avondale Logandale 3rd & 4th Grade – Winter 2020

Students in Ms. Lozada, Ms. Clark & Ms. Pease classes spent their 6th session in February exploring love through poetry and drawing creative comparisons.   Ms. Lozada 3rd Grade Love Johnnel M.   Love […]

Love is Poems – Avondale Logandale 5th Grade – Winter 2020

Students in Ms. Pannell’s 5th-grade classes spent their 6th session in February exploring love through poetry and drawing creative comparisons.   Ms. Pannel 5th Grade 8:45AM   Love Xiomara L.V.   Love is in […]

In our feelings Poems – Avondale Logandale 3rd & 4th Grade –Winter 2020

In the 5th session of the Chicago Poetry Center residency 3rd and 4th-grade students used their poems to explore their feelings through comparisons, descriptive language, and playful imagery. Ms. Lozada 3rd Grade   untitled […]

In Our Feelings Poems – Avondale Logandale 5th Grade –Winter 2020

In the 5th session of the Chicago Poetry Center residency students in Ms. Pannells 5th grade classes used their poems to explore their feelings through comparisons, descriptive language, and playful imagery. Ms. Pannel 5th […]

Strange Pairs Poems 3rd & 4th Grade @ Avondale Logandale Winter 2020

During the 4th week of the Chicago Poetry Residency students were encouraged to let go of traditional writing and play with words and their imaginations. Students were prompted to explore connecting two things that […]

Comparison Poems 3rd & 4th Grade @ Avondale Logandale Fall 2019

During the 3rd week of the Chicago Poetry residency, youth were encouraged to find similarities between different things. This encouraged creativity and to recognize what people and things might have in common. These are […]

Rhyme and Pattern – Avondale Logandale 5th Grade – Fall 2019

Students in Ms. Pannell’s 5th-grade classes spent two sessions working on rhyme and creative writing. The first-week students worked on rhyming patterns, learned brainstorming techniques and used examples from music to write original poems. […]

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