How exciting to be back at Waters for another year of poetry! Last year’s sixth graders are now seventh graders, and I look forward to building on our poetry knowledge from last year. As we did last year, we started with community agreements and discussed all the things we know to be true about poetry. Then we talked about one of poetry’s building blocks: the line. We looked at a few different examples of line break usage.
Then, I handed each student an index card and had them write a single line about anything, such as something they love. Then I randomly put their lines together for a group poem from each class. Enjoy the poem below!:
Collaborative Poem by Ms. Hernandez’s Homeroom
I love Fredrick his name is not Sedwick
eres tan bella como el sol radiante
cooking pancakes is better
I love dogs.
Sharks are like black cats, mistreated and mistaken as evil
We Will
We Will Live
We Will Live and Thrive
We are 309
Starbucks, as good as a warm blanket on a cold winter day
Sofia is my queen
even if a princess
She is first
I love
Sofia
the first
The waves crashed the pin dropped
The faces of simon stare at me
silhouetting against my dark soul making
me feel happy
a gust of wind
The weather outside is rizzy
When stars become supernovas
I love Simon, tacos, and my dog. Every
one loves Simon
as she sits on the toilet
and then there was more
and for that he was made
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