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Using Your Common Senses

The poets from Mrs. Thomas’s afterschool poetry program wrote about the 5 senses. This collaborative activity focused on 2 ways of using the senses; metaphorically and descriptive. In the first stanza, poets used the […]

Similes That Will Make You Smile

In this activity the afterschool poets learned about one of the most commonly used literally devices in poetry; similes. Poets used similes to compare their dreams to…well you’ll have to read for yourself! Jasmine […]

City City

The poets from Mrs. Thomas’s afterschool Poetry Battle wrote a collaborative poem about the good and bad of city life. In this exercise we discussed the structure of lines, lyrics, and stanzas. Enjoy!   […]

Afterschool Alliteration in Action

The poets from Mrs. Thomas’s afterschool Poetry Battle challenged each other to an afterschool alliteration contest. Who won!? Bryden Bryden does not touch Beehives while hearing Lil’ Baby and Biggie and he plays basketball […]

Can I ask you a question?

For their fourteenth poetry lesson Haugan 8th graders experimented with question poetry, where poets ask a series of questions as a form of self-reflection and deeper meaning. They were asked “Why do people ask […]

Gone….but not forgotten

For their thirteenth virtual poetry lesson, Haugan 8th graders explored the meaning of grief and loss through elegies. An elegy is a poem that a that praises and expresses sorrow for someone who is […]

Inspirational Haikus

For their 12th virtual poetry lesson Haugan 8th graders explored the meaning of inspiration. Inspiration involves creativity, as well as motivation to achieve a dream or accomplish a goal. Students mentioned people in their […]

Open Mic

For their eleventh virtual poetry lesson Haugan 8th graders revisited some of their old poems they wrote since the beginning of our residency. Our lesson objective was to revise and edit poems for open […]

Getting Dramatic With Ballads

In their tenth virtual poetry lesson 8th graders at Haugan Elementary explored dramatic storytelling. We discussed the “ingredients” that create drama, such as intense dialogue, interesting characters, conflict, and plot twists. Students read the […]

Follow These Instructions

For their ninth virtual poetry lesson, Haugan 8th graders explored the art of teaching. They were asked the questions What does it mean to be a teacher? What is one thing that you can […]

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