Week Two and its Halloween! The students and I read two poems: “October,” by Bobbi Katz, and “Theme In Yellow,” by Carl Sandburg. We discussed persona and voice, and how you might transform into someone else on the page. We also discussed poetic line for the first time today, and I can’t tell you how sharp our young students are at breaking down why a line might be different in fiction or an essay than poetry.
I asked students to write a poem in which they became a Halloween creature, and to write using their creature’s voice, and not their own. There are some surprising, delightful creatures below.
It’s also worth mentioning that we did all of this in costume. All of us. In short: it was a great day.
Ms. Robbins
2nd & 3rd Grade
Butter
Yazmin
I like to dance
In the sky
The sky
Is yellow
Vampire
Nathan
I have a spider as a body
A rake as shoes
Fish as gloves
A skull as a sword
Faces as shields
Feet as boomerangs
Goblin King
Layna S.
I am a Goblin King.
I am the destroyer
of souls. I am
hiding under your
bed every night. I have
sharp teeth and
glowing red eyes. I am
the Goblin King.
My Friend Ninja
Jaden O.
Me and my friend
went to get something
to eat. Me and him eat
some fries. Me and him
run fast. We were on
a mission.
Ms. Arango
2nd Grade
Unicornio
Emely G.
Yo soy un unicornio
porque tengo colores
Unicorn
Emely G.
I am a unicorn
Because I have colors
Monster
Ashley S.
I am a monster
who walks slowly
Clown
Karen F.
I am a clown I scare people
and more people get scared
and more people and then
everyone in the world
Ms. Vargas-Mendez
3rd Grade
Vampire Day
Pedro
I am
a vampire
that likes
to play
and eat
hot chips,
steal candy
from little
kids, like
to drink
blood juice
and likes
to scare
princesses.
Leopard
Anahi L.
I am
aleapard that
is so funny
and crazy in the
outside, I am
not a clown that
laughs a
lot of times
I am a silly
and happy leopard
that writes
poems
A Princess
Miryam G.
I am
a princess who
saved the kingom
and likes the prince
and likes to eat
cake and I love
my sister
Jack-O-Lantern
Sofiz V.
I am
a jack-o-lantern
and
I love
to sleep
and
I also
love
Halloween
and
it is
so fun
to be
a
jack-o-lantern!
