Last week Shoesmith 4th graders read Kwame Alexander’s How to Write a Poem, and then worked collaboratively to create poems inspired by our discussions.
Ms. Lehner
4th Grade – Group 1
Roaring into Poetry
Let words dance with joy
not with fear, be brave
for your bravery can fight fear
like a lion fighting prey
rrrooarring into action
rrrooarring into the sun getting
hotter and brighter
like a flashlight in a dark forest
showing every single sleeping bat
in a black cave
the words show everyone where to go
onto a road of blazing pencils
that are sharp than 1000 knives
Let words dance with joy
wiggle wiggle wiggle
stomping and clapping with alliteration,
repetition, and personification
4th Grade – Group 2
Recipe for a Poem
16 cups of writing
8 pots of perfect handwriting, a handful of cursive writing
2 ounces of creativity
2 pinches of the blues
9 tablespoons of surprises
a heaping tablespoon of personality
a sprinkle of imagination
add a spice of figurative language
sautée the entire thing with emotion
add freshly ground stanzas
serve on hot plates
with tub of BBQ sauce
add some lumpy lizard lettuce
Enjoy!
