Personifyin’

This week, our Hale 6-8th grade poetry club deep dove into the world of figurative language. On Tuesday, we practiced simile writing and left some words of encouragement to our future selves. Students were in the zone with abstract language as they penned well wishes to themselves. Personification was the topic of discussion on Wednesday, as we read “The Kitchen Shears Speak” by Christianne Balk. Together, we meditated on the inanimate objects in our lives that could use a listening ear. Some students admitted that personification is challenging because it requires writing from an outside perspective, but we talked about how hard poems push our creative thinking. On Thursday, students participated in an open mic, sharing their words and affirmations with the poetry crew. It’s been a joy watching each student flex their writing skills and easing into their performance personas.