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Personifcation- “Why do you do the things you do?”

On Monday at Perez, we talked about personification, and how it can help us write about larger than life ideas, like time, emotions or nature. We also explored how we can personify everyday objects […]

New Words: “Boshkalay Bong Bong…”

This week we talked about some of our favorite words, expressions, and phrases after reading “Hecky Naw” by Jose Olivarez. Students picked a word or phrase they use and created their own definitions for […]

New Words

Sometimes one session just isn’t enough to finish a poem. This week we read “Hecky Naw” by Jose Olivarez a poem about words and how they can represent parts of our identity. I had […]

Food Poems

Food glorious food! Food is such a great way to explore the writing of poetry. Because it demands that we use all of our senses to experience it, and can conjure up vivid memories, […]

Haikus in Motion

Haikus are one of the oldest forms of poetry. Originating in Japan, poets would describe a moment in nature to represent a lesson for humanity. The 3rd grade poets from Ms. Zepeda’s class wrote […]

Who am I?

In poetry when we write through the point of view or perspective of another character as if it was our own this is known persona. After reading “Death of Snowman” by Vernon Scannell we […]

Who am I?

In poetry, when we write through the point of view or perspective of another character as if it was our own this is known as persona. After reading “Death of Snowman” by Vernon Scannell […]

Halfway through in Review

Not many poets can complete a poem within an hour. Finished poems often take a few drafts over the course of many days or weeks. Unfortunately we only have 1 hour together in the […]

Haikus In Motion

Haikus are one of the oldest forms of poetry. Originating in Japan, poets would describe a moment in nature to represent a lesson for humanity. The 5th and 6th grade poets from Ms. Murray’s […]

3rd Grade Rappers

Today we turned the 3rd grade poets into 3rd grade rappers! After listening to “Summertime” by Will Smith and “Amorforoda” by Bad Bunny we discussed their use of couplets. The poets were then asked […]

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