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‘Well…that’s that.’ Party. Over .

As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems!  This week’s poems are inspired by Jason Schinder’s poem, The Party. Lesson Note: ‘In a time of crisis, poetry can […]

‘We crawl underneath…’: Table Talk

As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems!  This week’s poems are inspired by Joy Harjo’s poem, Perhaps the World Ends Here Lesson Note: ‘In a time of […]

‘And you have to watch it’: Straight to Video

As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems!  This week’s poems are inspired by There was this bear cam by Sandra Simonds. Students watched videos and then created work […]

‘Because there are families being torn apart’: Learning To Love America

As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems!  This week’s ‘Because’ poems are inspired by Learning to love America by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. Lesson Note: ‘In a time of […]

‘Stars, stars/ What do you have/ That isn’t ours’: Starbursts!

  As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems!  This week’s poems are inspired by ‘Choose Something Like A Star’ by Robert Frost. Students wrote about or to a […]

Sing! Poems Made From Song Lyrics and Titles

As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems! This week’s poems are composed of all song lyrics and titled and are inspired by poet, Kevin Young Lesson Note: […]

‘The memories hidden behind it’: Li-Young Lee Inspired Poems

As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems!  This week’s food-themed poems are inspired by From Blossoms by Li-Young Lee. Lesson Note: ‘In a time of crisis, poetry […]

‘Heaven’s Gates:’ Portrait-Inspired Poems

As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems!  This week’s poems are inspired by Billy Collins’ poem, Instructions to the Artist. Lesson Note: ‘In a time of crisis, […]

‘Image/I/ See’: William Carlos Williams Imitations

As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems!  This week’s poems are inspired by William Carlos Williams’ poem, The Locust Tree in Flower. Lesson Note: ‘In a time […]

Video Effect: Poems Inspired by Watching & Listening

As we continue distance instruction, students at Taft Freshman Academy continue to generate beautiful poems!  This week’s poems are inspired by “There was this bear cam” by Sandra Simonds.  In the poem, she describes her wishes, […]

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