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Concrete Poetry (High School)

Sometimes words are not enough to convey what we are trying to say. The high schoolers of MLA thought about what objects, animals, or shapes meant a lot to them before reading “Social Distancing” […]

Personification (8th Grade)

The first step to building empathy is putting ourselves in the experiences of another, especially if that other can’t speak. The 8th graders of MLA asked themselves what inanimate objects, animals, or fictional characters […]

What Has Wronged You? (High School)

Addressing what has wronged you can be healing, a way to clear the air. The high schoolers of MLA asked themselves what they liked and what they wanted to change about their school before […]

I am…

Metaphors allow us to transform ourselves, if just for a moment. The students of MLA asked themselves what they could become after we read “The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee” by N. Scott Momaday. Upon […]

Sounds We Hate, Sounds We Love

We all have sounds we adore and sounds that make us cringe. The students of MLA asked themselves what these sounds were for them before we read “Sweet Like a Crow” by Michael Ondaatje. […]

Food Memories

Many of our 5 senses are deeply connected to memory. This week the students of MLA reflected on their favorite foods and the people, places, and things connected to them. After reading “The Tropics […]

Where We’re From

Where we’re from is never just the geographic place we call home. This week, the students of MLA explored how place impacts their sense of self. After reading George Ella Lyon’s “Where I’m From” […]

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