Students read a student poem, listened to Robert Frost’s star-themed poem, ‘Choose Something Like A Star,’ that used personification to talk to a star before trying their hands at their own poems addressing something… bigger than themselves while using words from legendary poet/teacher Kim Addonizio’s word bank below!
Mirror
Smoke
Angel
Sizzle
Burn
Blanket
Fold
Dark
Light
Lesson Note: “We are chemically connected to all molecules on Earth. And we are atomically connected to all atoms in the universe. We are not figuratively, but literally stardust.”-Astrophysicist, Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Ms. Ferndandez, 5th Grade
Earth
by Victor M.
Earth, do you
ever feel
pain?
Earth, do
you speak
to the other
planets and
the sun?
Earth, do you like
us humans?
Earth, do
you speak
to us?
Earth, you
are home.
The one
I appreciate
most.
Being A Star
by Giselle B.
How does it feel being at night so bright
What do you see
Is the moon full of cheese
What do you hear
Is it clear
Do you ever sleep at night
Because I see you in sight
How is it being famous
How I wish we could meet
Star
by Melanie C.
Do you ever get rest?
Do you explode if you
get hot?
Do you have a light
inside you?
If I touch you,
Do I get burned?
Do you ever get sick?
Do you talk?
Do you talk in
my language?
Do uo have a
family?
Mr. Maciasz, 5th Grade
Untitled
by Jaylyn G.
Why are you yellow?
Do you see light?
Can you melt and sizzle up?
Are you like an angel?
Is all you see is the dark night sky?
Could you burn me?
How do you feel
Does smoke come out of you?
Can you get folded?
Untitled
by Nicole A.
Why are you white?
How do you see in the dark?
Do you fold?
Can you burn when you go close to the
sun?
How do you look at yourself in the
mirror?
Can you see in the light?
Untitled
by Stephanie C.
Little star, do you sleep at light
or Dark. Do you smoke. Do you
use a blanket at night. Why do
you disappear at morning.
Why are you yellow. Do you
sleep at night.
Ms. Respress, 5th Grade
Stars
by Janette S.
Where do you go in the light?
you are as bright as the sun.
You shine over us all.
You sizzle in the dark.
do you hide in a blanket when the sun is out?
Have you ever seen a shooting star?
How bright are you?
Why don’t you shine in the sun?
Untitled
by Jeancarlo C.
how do you breathe in space.
what year is your age
do you like Earth like me.
how does it feel to be on other planets
what is your favorite planet galaxy
Neptune’s Stars
by Bellamor H.
O, Neptuen’s stars how did you
become so bright?
You’re like the light in the
big dark night sky
Are you everywhere?
Like a blanket on the dark
sky?
Do you go around Neptune
every night?
Do you like the night sky or
floating like an angel all
over the night sky?
Do you burn because you
are so bright?
