This week we talked about allusion! We read a poem by Nikki Giovanni, brainstormed our own allusions, and then students used their own brainstorms to write a poem about allusion in whatever way they wanted! Many students followed Nikki Giovanni’s lead and wrote about music, but others wrote about TV shows, books, and other things. Have fun reading their incredible poems!
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Mr. Hollich’s Classroom
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Me and Myself
by Jacqueline
I love me myself and I
Sometimes I always can’t love myself
Cause other people don’t love me
So I change and change myself
My music changes my style changes
but my brain says
Don’t care what people say
Me is Me I can’t change myself
because if I change other people don’t
love me.
so always love me or don’t
I don’t care
Just know I never change me for you.
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Purple, blue, and red
Malery D.
Are my favorite colors
not just cause they are pretty
They also represent three of my favorite characters
Whenever I see a heart, crown, and a trident
I think of them
When I see a H, M, and S
I think of them
Most people don’t know who they are
or where they come from.
But these three come from an album
that I love and adore.
Many people ask “Who’s the artist?”
His name is Chonny Jash
So when people ask me
“What’s your favorite color?”
I say …
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Me
by Emily S.
I love Music
Just how my cat Eleanor loves Ham.
Depeche Mode is a band I was raised with
I also love the things about me, the deaths
of my pets have affected me but I keep going.
Lilian is my favorite song.
Precious jewels weren’t found in schools.
Explains how good songs are hard to find in the ordinary.
Scream and Good Burger are some of my favorite movies.
Wisconsin is one of my favorite places and most nostalgic.
Knowing you can’t lose what you don’t have.
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The Things I Could Do
by Gabriel D.
I could travel in time
Albert Einstein would help build the machine
But he sold my rank
So I binge-watched Lord of the Rings
and listened to the
entirety of Lord of the Rings
I could do all this.
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Mr. Smith’s Classroom
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Cartoon Mash Up
by Daqwan
Rugrats
Ed Ed and Eddy
Super Mario Bro’s
Phineas and Ferb
Ren and Stimpy
Hey Arnold
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Sentiminetos
by Ariana
La musica me inspira
La series queue me gusto
me diviote jugar con
amigos es divertido las
cosas que me guston
son las que me ispiren
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(translated)
Feelings
Music inspires me
The series I liked
I had fun playing with friends
The ones I like inspire me
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The Rainbow
by Nayana
Sitting by the sea with the salty
breeze Lan Del Ray singing to me
Brings me to an orange place
with space. Sunset takes me
to a green place. Jungle breeze
has great mysteries.
