This week, we read Kobe Bryant’s poem called “Dear Basketball” and learned all about epistolary poems, or letter poems. We talked about tone, learned that it meant the mood conveyed by the poet with certain words and literary devices, and talked about how Kobe Bryant’s tone changed in his poem. We then wrote our own epistolary poems to people, pets, and even random objects! From funny to serious to endearing, read the letters below.
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Mr. Goldner’s Classroom
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PS5 (Cheat)
by Sophie N
Dear Bob
I feel so happy to have Bob as my BFF
He has a lot of games and other stuff
He has a TV of course I can’t keep
my eyes off him.
But when it’s time for him to turn
off and talk to the TV
I feel sad and mad because he is
mine forever I played with him first
he was born not the TV
he CHEATED
I’m not happy so I went with Xbox
how does it feel now
not being loved by me
You get stuck you stop working sometimes
That’s the story of how my PS5 CHEATED ON ME.
Love, Sophie N.
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Max
By Zoey J.
Dear Max,
You are so cute
and you are special
I remember when
you were furry
but now you are bald
I see you smiling
at the park.
Love, Zoey
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My Cat Leo
by Bitou
Dear My Cat Leo,
I hope you can’t read this but
can you please be nice and not chase mice
don’t roll the dice on me or eat ice or mice.
Leo, don’t be a skinwalker and be nice
to your cat walker
is that a marker or wires!… My cat Leo
is probably a skinwalker but I’m proud
that he is some kind of walker.
After a few months he can stand on two legs
It is a little late for pets
my cat is ummmmm the best cat ever ya!
Love, Bitou
P.S. I know you are a skinwalker.
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Till the End
By Swyft B.
Dear Rashel and Angie,
I’m very sad you’re leaving next year.
You guys always understood how I was feeling.
Also, you always made me happy and made me laugh
even if I was sad. I will miss you guys every day and
every night. I hope there will be a way for us
to communicate with each other. I will still be
sad because over the phone is not the same
as in person. I hope we will still be BFFs
till the very end.
Love you,
Swyft B.
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Chance and Nirobi
By Alex M.
Dear Chance and Nirobi,
I love you deeply
You pretty much protected me from everything
When you fought
I would make it stop
We can’t thank you more
You’ve done so much
I have a new dog named ZuZu
We love her unconditionally but we give the same
amount of love we gave to you.
How you’re in heaven
I can’t wait to see you again
Love, Alex
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I will miss them
by Londyn C.
Dear cheer coaches,
Y’all make me so mad.
I’m tired of doing the same thing
over and over again
y’all use the same tumblers
every year and expect something new
You tell us we look bad
and tell us that we will get
no where in cheer/life and
they make me wanna change teams
but I don’t because I don’t wanna
leave my friends but it’s about time I leave
I will miss all the good memories with them
and my coaches but it’s always better to
have a fresh start.
Love, Londyn
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Beautiful Sister
by Nevaeh
Dear Aaliyah,
You are my big sister. You make
me feel so safe and happy. You
are so pretty and some day I want
to be like you. You inspire me and
make things a lot easier for me.
I love spending time with you
but sometimes I can’t because
you are away at college and work.
I hope one day we can live together
again and see each other every day.
From day one, I knew you were going
to be my best friend.
Love you always,
Neabeabea
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Poem for Friends
by Juan M.
To puedes aser lo ave quiras can two amigos
Y con ellas puedes jugar y te hacen reir
Y yo nonia e tenido on amigola tan chistosa
Y tan local y con ellas puede estadiar
chismiar y siemore tiene chisme y
es chismoso y me regala cosas a me
da de so lonche.
Translated
You can do what you want with two friends
And you can play with them and they make you laugh
And I didn’t have such a funny friend
And so local and with them you can stay with
the gossip and always have gossip and
He gives me things, gives his lunch.
