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I Heard…

Last week’s session was a very special request from Hale’s 6-8th grade poets. This group loves to explore the unknown and got the chance to do so with some poems based on their favorite […]

Fabulous Fables & Mystical Myths

For their twenty-first week of poetry Hale after school 3-5 graders explored the world of fables and myths. Fables are stories that usual involve animals as characters and teach a valuable lesson, while myths […]

Caught Some Cooties

Hale’s 6-8th grade poetry club has had a week packed with activities and pleasant surprises. This week, we welcomed two new members into our club. They jumped right in and added some humor and […]

A Recipe For Poets

For their twentieth week, Hale 3-5th grade poets treated themselves to tasty recipe poems. Recipe poems are usual written using cooking/baking terms and measurements. On Tuesday we read the poem, “How To Be A […]

Taking The Stage

Hale 6th-8th grade students continued crafting their group poem this week in preparation for their assembly performance. We spent some time learning stage techniques to boost confidence, and helpful ways to breathe when performing. […]

Poets Become Heros

In their nineteenth week Hale after school 3rd-5th grade students explored the meaning of heroism. They were asked, what makes someone a hero? To figure this out we watched video clips on Tuesday of […]

We can speak up with Spoken Word Poetry

Last week for their eighteenth session Hale Elementary 3rd-5th graders explored spoken word poetry. Spoken word poems are made for the stage, its storytelling told through elements of rhythm, rhyme, repetition, improvisation, jazz, and […]

Write Alone, Write Together

Hale’s 6-8th grade’s poetry club spent our time this week heavily in brainstorm mode as we prep for a group performance at the end of the month. Unfortunately, the Hale community was affected by […]

Choose Your Own Adventure

Sometimes, it takes a new word or conversation to spark a poem like nothing we’ve written before. Last week, Hale 6-8th graders relied on technology to inspire our writing. On Tuesday, we warmed up […]

We’re not kidding about Kenning poetry

For their seventeenth week of poetry, Hale 3rd-5th grade poets discovered Kenning poetry. Kenning is a word that’s created from putting two unrelated words together. On Tuesday we read my own poem titled, “Joy,” […]

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