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Can poems take care of someone? (5th)

We continued talking about the purpose of art and poetry today, while reading several poems of Naomi Shihab Nye. We listened to her perform “Gate A-4” and then we read “Red Brocade.” We decided […]

Retellings (8th)

This week, in 8th grade, we read one of Eve L Ewing’s “Retellings.” We discussed the role of poetry in standing up to injustice and the ways that poetry can help us imagine different […]

Poems should…(8th)

Last class, we discussed Dada art, and how the Dadaists thought all art was random. Today, we compared that with Jamila Woods “Blk Girl Art.” The students had terrific insight on Woods’ poem and […]

Poems should… (5th)

Last class, we discussed Dada art, and how the Dadaists thought all art was random. Today, we compared that with Jamila Woods “Blk Girl Art.” The students had terrific insight on Woods’ poem and […]

Dada Poetry (8th)

We studied dada poetry/collage today in Ms. Krasic’s 8th grade class. First, we looked at some pieces of dada art by artists like Tristan Tzara and Marcel Duchamp. Can a bicycle wheel on a […]

What is art? (5th)

We studied dada poetry/collage today in Ms. Shweta’s 5th grade class. First, we looked at some pieces of dada art by artists like Tristan Tzara and Marcel Duchamp. Can a bicycle wheel on a […]

Revision Party (5th)

We had a revision party today! We started by looking at Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool” without line breaks and guessing where Brooks might have put them. We then looked at the actual poem […]

Revision Party (8th)

We had a revision party today! We started by looking at Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool” without line breaks and guessing where Brooks might have put them. We then looked at the actual poem […]

Our Wild Seasons (5th)

In honor of the fact that we’ve had every season all at one time in Chicago this week, we talked about our favorite seasons. We read Nikki Giovanni’s “Knoxville, TN” and talked about what […]

BINGO Poems (8th)

This week we read Fatimah Asghar’s Microaggression Bingo and discussed how each detail built up to a larger and more overwhelming whole. The students discussed how weird it felt for there not to be […]

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