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Taking on a new Identity

For their sixth virtual poetry lesson, Dubois students explored personas. The word “persona” comes from the Greek word for mask. Actors in ancient Greece wore masks on stage to represent different characters. Some students […]

Does every question need an answer?

For their fifth virtual lesson with Dubois students, we experimented with questions. They were asked “Why do people ask questions?” and “Does every question have to have an answer?” As humans we are naturally […]

Origin Myths

For my fourth virtual lesson with Dubois students, we explored myths. A myth is an ancient story or legend explaining the early history of a group of people or about a natural phenomenon. Myths […]

Making mistakes with haikus

During my third week working virtually with Dubois Students, we experimented with haikus. Haiku is a short Japanese three-line poem written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Students read the poem “Haiku for How to […]

Outstanding Odes

During my second week working virtually with Dubois students, we learned about odes. An ode is a poem that gives praise and celebrates a person, place, or object. Together we read Marcus Jackson’s poem […]

Dear Basketball

During my first week of my virtual residency with Dubois students, we explored epistolary poetry. Epistolary poems are poems that can be written as letters, notes, or diary entries. We discussed the different ways […]

More Alike Than We Are Different: Poems from Shaoxing, China

Back in March, after the first two days of this semester, I had been reacquainted with all of my students during our discussions about winter holiday/Spring Festival. I learned that across the waters, customs, […]

Extra! Extra!

For regular readers of the Hands on Stanzas blogs, you may have figured out that the poems published are those written and completed during each session, which are usually confined to one class period! […]

Entering a New Voice!

In 7th workshop, explored persona poetry! The students wrote poems from the perspective or in the voice of an object, place, character, or person! * * * Ms. Dydo 8th Grade * * * […]

Dubois gets a taste of sampling!

In 6th workshop, by built our poetic device detector muscles by listening to the famous “I Have a Dream” speech by Dr Martin Luther King Jr! We then talked about, sampling,noticing and and picking […]

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