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Metaphor and Our Neighborhoods

In Ms. Mild-Thomas’s class, we read Valerie Bloom’s “Frost” and thought about how she stretched an extended metaphor for the snow all through her poem. We thought about how her metaphors showed us how […]

Poetry as Play!

In Ms Sanchez’s 5th grade classes, we read a short poem by Valerie Worth called “Safety Pin” that imagined a safety pin as some very different things (a shrimp! a fish!). We talked about […]

Description All Around Us

In Ms Budzileni’s 8th grade classes, we read Ariel Francisco’s “Along the East River and in the Bronx Young Men were Singing” and wrote poems using sensory details to describe places that we love […]

Poetry as Play!

In Ms Thomas’s 6th grade classes, we read a short poem by Valerie Worth called “Safety Pin” that imagined a safety pin as some very different things (a shrimp! a fish!). We talked about […]

Last Day Poetry Slam!

For the last day of their poetry residency, Haugan 8th graders celebrated with a poetry slam! Students chose one of their best lines and stanzas from the virtual residency and collaborated on a class […]

A poem should not mean, but be

For our nineteenth virtual lesson, Haugan 8th graders experimented with Ars Poetica, a poem that explains the art of poetry. This lesson is appropriate considering how we are close to the end of our […]

2 Morrow

For their eighteenth virtual lesson Haugan 8th graders explored poetry about the future. First students discussed issues in our world today such as the COVID 19 virus, Global Warming, pollution, hate crimes, and gun […]

Heros and Heroines

In their seventeenth virtual lesson Haugan students explored the meaning of heroism. They were asked, “What characteristics make someone a hero?” Many students mentioned bravery, selflessness, intelligence, and kindness. Together we watched a YouTube […]

Opposites

For our sixteenth virtual lesson Haugan 8th graders explored mirror poetry, poems all about opposite perspectives. The world is filled with opposites such as heads or tails, ying and yang, and good and evil. […]

Once the world was perfect

For their fifteenth virtual lesson Haugan 8th graders 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 involve […]

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