For our first lesson together at South Loop Elementary, we read “How Poems Are Made” by Alice Walker. We studied lines, line breaks, and how the length of a line can change the emotion of the poem. We practiced by writing emotional run-on sentences, and then separated them into individual lines to make powerful poems.
South Loop Poetry Club
4th Grade – 6th Grade
By Annabel G., 4th grade
I AM MAD.
Why,
Why,
Why,
not so glad.
I AM MAD.
I am so sad, that I’m not glad!
By Whitman G., 4th Grade
One time I was very angry was when I had mono
Which is a disease and I couldn’t play sports and I couldn’t play soccer
And I was very angry and I was crying for a long time
Instead I had to sit with doom in my head.
And then I went to the bathroom
And then I screamed in a pillow
And then I gave up.
By Navi R., 4th Grade
The tears escaped my eyes
As I began to cry and cry
I really just wanted to run
Boy, this day wasn’t fun
