I Feel Like…

School
Nixon Elementary School

Poet in Residence
Isaac Miller

Date

Nixon 4th and 5th grade after-school students wrote poems inspired by Francisco X. Alarcón’s “On Monday I Feel Like a Dragon/El lunes me siento como un dragón.” As a group we continued learning about and practicing similes and comparisons, and imagined transforming into different animals or creatures as a way of embodying our feelings. Here are some of the magical results, inspired by how our young Nixon Elementary poets felt this week:

School
Nixon Elementary School

Poet in Residence
Isaac Miller

Date

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