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The Shape of Poetry

This week was the 10th and final poetry session for Twain 5th graders for the school year. Since, I know the 5th graders are fantastic artists, to celebrate our last day we explored concrete […]

Paint Chip Party

This week for our 10th and last day of our residency, we celebrated with color. Together we read and discussed the poem “What You Need for Painting,” by Raymond Carter, based on a letter […]

What poetry means to me . . .

O-School students celebrated the last day of our residency this week. Together we ate delicious Dum Dum suckers, while each group created Ars Poetica poems, poems that describe the art of writing poetry. I […]

The Blank Page

For their 9th week of poetry, Twain 6th graders revised and completed their past poems from our residency. Together we read the poem “The Blank Page” by Chetana Kamath. In her poem Kamath is […]

Ready… Set… Rewrite!

Twain 5th graders are so close to the end of our poetry residency. For week nine, students prepared to reach the finish line. Together we read the poem ” “The Finish Line,” by Laura […]

Poets can see into the future

For their 8th week, Twain 6th graders used poetry as a crystal ball to see into their futures. I asked students “What do you wish to do in the future? How can you achieve […]

Write A Poem for Someone

We only have a few weeks left in our residency, so for their 8th week of poetry Twain 5th graders thought about writing poems for someone else. Together we read and discussed the poem, […]

Future Goals

O-School students thought about the future for their 19th week of poetry. I asked students “What do you wish to do in the future?” We discussed how the future can sometimes be scary, we […]

Myths from long ago . . .

Things became mythical for Twain 6th graders for our 7th week of poetry. A myth is an ancient story or legend explaining the early history of a group of people or about a natural […]

The Perfect Day

The 7th week of poetry for 5th graders involved imagining an ideal day for themselves. I asked students, “What does the perfect day look like to you?” Some students responded with ideas such as […]

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