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Poetry is… | Sabin 5th Grade

16 Nov 2023

This week we built upon our introductory foundation of last week’s work with simile, with our this week’s work with metaphor. We read Nikki Giovani’s poem, “Poetry”. Students thought about what poetry is to […]

Sabin Elementary School | 5th Grade

6 Nov 2023

We are reading these poems about personification and questions & answers: Has My Heart Gone to Sleep? Antonio Machado Has my heart gone to sleep? Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the […]

Sabin Elementary School | 4th Grade

6 Nov 2023

We are reading about personification: Has My Heart Gone to Sleep? Antonio Machado Has my heart gone to sleep? Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the waterwheel of the mind run dry, […]

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