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What do you love?

For our second sessions, Dubois students loved having more time to share their “I Am” poems. Sometimes it just feels great to read aloud what you have written with your own creativity! We also […]

Dubois Students Warm Up for Poetry

This Tuesday, I met with some third, fourth and fifth grade students at Dubois Elementary School for the first time. Their ideas and energy were infectious! Some students made an impression on me when […]

Poetry Is Truth

For our final virtual poetry lesson, Dubois students experimented with collaborative poems. A collaborative poem is when a group of poets contribute individual lines to create a unified poem. Together we read a poem […]

Magnificent Mottos

For our 10th virtual poetry lesson Dubois students explored ideas about mottos. A motto is a word, phrase, or sentence that expresses the principles or belief of a person, group, country, or organization. Together we […]

The Perfect Dream

For our ninth virtual lesson together, Dubois students explored the meaning of dreams. Dreams are usually images when see in our sleep. Dreams can involve fantasies, but also goals we want to achieve in […]

A Ticket To Another Planet

For their eighth virtual poetry lesson Dubois students explored other planets. A planet is a sphere, an object in space that orbits around the sun. Students mentioned all the planets in order Earth, Saturn, Mars, […]

My First Memory

For their seventh virtual poetry lesson Dubois students explored their earliest memories. They were asked, “Why are memories so important?” Students came up with interesting responses: negative memories help us not make the same […]

Taking on a new Identity

For their sixth virtual poetry lesson, Dubois students explored personas. The word “persona” comes from the Greek word for mask. Actors in ancient Greece wore masks on stage to represent different characters. Some students […]

Does every question need an answer?

For their fifth virtual lesson with Dubois students, we experimented with questions. They were asked “Why do people ask questions?” and “Does every question have to have an answer?” As humans we are naturally […]

Origin Myths

For my fourth virtual lesson with Dubois students, we explored myths. A myth is an ancient story or legend explaining the early history of a group of people or about a natural phenomenon. Myths […]

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