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Friendship Recipes

What are some qualities you find in a friend? If you create a recipe for friendship what would it look like? After reading “How to Make a Friend” by Lacey Van Lear, the 3rd […]

Who Am I?

If you could see the world through the eyes of an animal or inanimate object what animal or object would you choose? For this lesson the 3rd grade poets learned about persona. After reading […]

Making Sense

Sometimes young poets have a hard time using descriptive language in poems. After reading “Natures Way” by Heidi Campbell the poets studied the use of the 5 senses in the poem. Using the 5 […]

Friendship Recipes

What are some qualities you find in a friend? If you could create a recipe for friendship, what would it look like? After reading “How to Make a Friend” by Lacey Van Lear, the […]

As Simple as a Simile

The most used literary device in literature are metaphors. Similes are metaphors that specifically use the words “like” or “as”. After reading “Dreams” and “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes, the poets learned about […]

Awesome Alliteration in Action

The 5th grade poets from Ms. Murray’s class learned about a widely used literary device, alliteration. Like rhyming, alliteration is best appreciated when hearing the poem versus reading it. It is evidence that poetry […]

What Poems Can Do

I was so excited to get started with students at Perez Elementary in Pilsen today! I’ll be working with three classes of 7th and 8th graders and they are ready to go. I introduced […]

My City, My City!

The young poets from Ms. Zepeda’s class wrote about their towards out great City of Chicago. After reading “City City” by Marci Ridlon we discussed the good and the bad of the city. Check […]

Chicago, Good and Bad

The young poets from Ms. Murray’s 5th and 6th grade classes read and discussed the poem “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg. In the poem, Carl Sandburg describes the city of Chicago in both a positive […]

For the Love of Lyrics, Lines and Stanzas!

Today was the first day I worked with the young poets from Ms. Zepeda’s 3rd grade class at Perez Elementary School. After playing some games to get to know each other, we read the […]

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