This week at Howe, we were murderous and full of sensation. On Monday, we talked about beats, stomping and clapping our way through the 5-7-5 form of the haiku. After reading haikus about racial profiling and the wonders of being outside, from Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming, poets wrote about their own small moments of joy, fear, and peace.
On Tuesday, we focused on the senses. Through a game of mafia, each student who met their demise was stricken by a different sense, from the taste of a poisonous Super Donut to the sound of a beat so fierce it led to a heart attack. With each passing, came a line of poetry. Please be careful, that poem is killer good.
Howe After School
2nd – 5th Grade (Monday)
“I Eat Yellow Rice”
by Javell
I eat yellow rice
and my Grandma makes it, at
the house it smells good
“I Like To Play YouTube”
by Deandre
I like to play YouTube
and my sisters talk in their
sleep. I am scared – end.
“I Love To Play Roblox”
by Tyrell H.
I love to play Roblox
The shade is so good
The branch of my oak tree
The teacher is teaching us
Howe After School
2nd – 5th Grade (Tuesday)
“Murderous”
by Terrence, Kaiden, Javell, Deandre, and Jeremiah
A pie that smells vicious
A rock like wet rocks at the beach
Music so loud they banged their head
It tastes so good like a glazed donut
A bite like a sting
