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Paint Me A Poem

For their week of poetry, Hale after school 3rd-5th poets became artists. We explored Ekphrastic Poetry, poetry that is inspired by works of art, such as drawings, paintings, sculptures, or photographs. On Tuesday we […]

Say What You Meme

Happy Friday, dear readers! This week, Hale 6-8th grade students ventured into the realm of humorous poetry and crafted some words that made our sides hurt with laughter. On Tuesday, we talked about memes […]

Land Ahoy

This week, Hale students put their imagery creating skills to the test. Over the past few months, I’ve noticed that students have a particular love for including nature imagery in their poems. To stretch […]

We Are The Universe

For their fifteenth week Hale 3rd-5th poets took a trip to outer space. We explored the poem “The Day the Universe Exploded in My Head,” by Allan Wolf. Wolf incorporated rhyme and onomatopoeia (sound […]

Please Be My Valentine

For their fourteenth week of poetry Hale Elementary 3rd-5th grade poets prepared for Valentine’s Day by exploring poetry all about love. We read the poem “Love,” by 8th grader Xiomara L.V. In her poem, […]

Blank Space Magic

After a snowy few February days, Hale’s 6-8th grade poets reunited for another week of after school writing. This week, we continued our visual poem theme, exploring ways to creatively play with spacing in […]

Humorous Hyperbole

Last week for our thirteenth lesson Hale 3rd-5th grade poets dealt with a heavy snow and storm warnings. Yet, this didn’t stop us from from exploring hyperbole. Hyperbole is when a poet uses language […]

Make It Up!

This week, Hale’s 6-8th poetry club students ventured into the world of nonsense in poetry. One of the coolest things about writing poems is the ability to create new words, phrases, or even languages […]

Play Those Syllables

For their twelfth week of after school poetry Hale Elementary 3-5th graders were inspired by music. On Tuesday we read the poem “Haiku” by DJ Renegade, where the poet describes jazz music as “Jazz […]

Mapping Our Way Home

Happy 2022, dear reader! It felt familiar joining Ms. Marasovich’s 6-8th grade poetry club and I was met with excited students ready to craft some new masterpieces. Our Tuesday session was focused on the […]

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