This week in class we read “Everyone who happens to live where” by Kimberly Alidio. We talked about our names, what they meant in the past and what they might mean in the future. Student’s brainstormed names that are important to them and in their writing explored their family history and relationships. Please enjoy a selection of their work!
Ms. Smallwood
6th Grade
My Name
Loretta J.
How can you tell a name is yours?
You hold it tight on the flight
And it’s from
years and years ago
They fly by like feathers
Retta was once a name
but now is forever lost
lost in time
lost in water
will never see again
Once was there but now it’s not
How can you tell a name is yours?
You hope you will forever see it again
The birds flying with the plane.
El Nombre
Nicolas
Pues hay muchas personas con nombres como el mío Nicolas, en el mundo
diría millones pero de le que estoy seguro es de que
todos los personas tienen algo en común, hay muchas personas
différentes y iguales
My name
Amneh S.
My name is Amneh my grandpa named
me he loves the name Amneh so much he named
me after his daughter, my aunt. I never
thought anything of it til my grandma told me
I was the only one named after someone in the family
I grew up and searched up what my name
meant my eyes widened up as I was
reading my name was the last prophet Mohammed’s
mom’s name and from then on I decided
to name my future son Mohammed. I feel like
my family will love it and my future son will love it too
when he’s old enough to understand
Ms. Hernandez
7th Grade
Schnaibel
Kevin S.
That’s how people say my name
some people in my family have
simplified it using words
like Sabel. It is important
to spread where I’m from
my last name carries
memories both bad and
fun. It carries german
history English translation
of bird’s beak why this
word it will always be
a mystery. And if you
ask me I am proud so when you say
“That’s your name???”
I will say yes, confident and proud
Names
Kiera W.
A name is not just a word
There are many names out there
Some may be familiar to you or not
They range from simple to extreme
All having different backgrounds
Some sentimental from a family member
But also from names of gas stations
A name is not just a word
It’s a personality
That sparks a thought when hearing
Some good, some bad
but each name holds joyful to not so
joyful memories
A name is not just a word
Kirasmatica Amable Maravilla Increible Agradable
Kamila V.
Kamila es un lugar que vas a estallar armeria que
late en mi sinceridad, mariposas que brillan al volar
imagenes que pegan al pensar lluvia cae en mis
almoadas que mueren en mi estar
