Nixon 4th and 5th grade after-school students wrote poems inspired by Francisco X. Alarcón’s “On Monday I Feel Like a Dragon/El lunes me siento como un dragón.” As a group we continued learning about and practicing similes and comparisons, and imagined transforming into different animals or creatures as a way of embodying our feelings. Here are some of the magical results, inspired by how our young Nixon Elementary poets felt this week:
On a Monday
Armani T.
Early on a Monday
I feel like a
crocodile, because
it carries its
babies around. An
other animal I
would be is a
bat because it
sleeps during the day
and wakes up in the
night like me.
Mondays for me is
me waking up my
brother. We get
ready brush our teeth
and have a great
day. They for me are
chill happy tired.
Yo Sentiendome Cama Un Tiburon Los Domingos
Esteban C.
Cuando despierte tendria ambre
y buscaria comida como su estuviero
en un desierto y no encontraria nada
estaria triste y estaria cansado y luego
botes como comida y llegaria mi
madre para darme comidad para dormir
Tranquilo.
The Puppy
Janila A.
Don’t tell the
kids about the
puppy for Christmas
: )
My grandma went
to Indiana to get
it. I am going to
name it Milo or Rocko.
I can’t decide which
name to pick.
Broccoli
Janila A.
Broccoli is like a tree but tastier.
