Hopes for the Holidays (Kind-of Concrete Poems)

School
Dulles Elementary School

Poet in Residence
Em Beckert

Date

For my final lesson with Ms. Wilson’s 4th graders at Dulles Elementary, we dove right into visual poetry. We read Whenever You See a Tree by Padma Venkatraman and learned that sometimes poetry is literally art class with words! The students wanted to draw trees of their own, and someone asked if they could draw a Christmas tree. I thought that was aa wonderful idea! Venkatraman’s poem is about hope, so we drew Christmas trees and “decorated” them with our hopes for the holidays.

School
Dulles Elementary School

Poet in Residence
Em Beckert

Date

Select list(s) to subscribe to



CPC will not sell your email. By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from The Chicago Poetry Center. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact