At this session the Sayre students brightened my day with their inquisitive capacities. We asked “What are questions like? What are they not like? How does it feel to ask a question? How does it feel not to know the answer? We read “Evening” by Jeannine Atkins, and students looked at how negative similes are constructed, highlighting differences using “aren’t like” as a catalyst. We explored and noticed and celebrated differences!
Mr. Charmelo, 7th grade, 1st Period
“Aren’t Like” by Lucas T.
Questions aren’t like stars, meant to burn out.
Questions aren’t like clothes, meant to fade away.
Questions aren’t like bald spots, meant to be hidden.
Question Poem by Monica S.
Questions aren’t exactly everyday thoughts.
Questions aren’t loiterers
they can travel around.
Questions aren’t related
nor are they bound (I’m so smart)
Questions aren’t dumb
they make you smarter
Questions aren’t limited
just try to think harder (Whatttt).
Questions aren’t like myths…
You might just get an answer.
“Questions” by Chika O.
Questions won’t eat your mind.
Leave you weak and swollen.
Questions aren’t like COVID they
won’t get you sick.
You won’t get cut for a single question
they won’t harm you much, unlike knives.
Mr. Charmelo, 7th grade, 2nd period’
Questions Aren’t by Jacob A.
Questions aren’t like rainbows they don’t come after rain.
Questions aren’t like spiders they don’t scare me.
Not Loud or Long by Riley W.
Questions aren’t a loud baby crying
Questions aren’t a long line.
Aren’t Meant To Be by Jamirayah L.
Like metal being mined
together, how do you put
the pieces of the bracelet together?
Like a bird soaring
high in the night sky,
how do they fly so high?
The spring time is
here and it is snowing
wen will the flower blossom?
The sky is light and
cold what will I do today?
Hearts aren’t like
a broken bracelet
hey aren’t meant to be broken or put
back together
Like a bird without
wind they aren’t meant
to fly.
Books aren’t like
flowers they
don’t blossom.
Unlike the
day people aren’t
to be light they are meant
to be anything under the sun.
