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“build a boat, and then/ they see…”: Table Poems

22 Mar 2023

Students discussed what happens around their eating table and then crafted these beautiful poems inspired by ‘Perhaps the World Will End Here’ by Joy Harjo. Lesson Note: ‘My approach to writing has this belief […]

Comparison Poems

14 Mar 2023

Lesson Note: We focused on comparing two very different things, like the ocean and the sky, and creating exciting metaphors through those comparisons. Here are some of their comparison poems! Mrs. Childs, 5th […]

Wish Poems

11 Mar 2023

Wishes are a wonderful way to get started writing poetry! Both 5th Grade classes wrote about their real and not-so-real wishes, their wacky and silly wishes. Lesson Note: We learned about lines and how […]

“I saved it/ then saved another”: Memory Poems

11 Mar 2023

Memory is powerful! 6th and 8th-grade students warmed up with doodling, then crafted memory poems, using short lines, and sensory details! Lesson Note: ‘[Practice]…the act of moving the hand across the page and writing […]

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