Strange Company: Monsters who walk slow and dancing butter

Week Two and its Halloween! The students and I read two poems: ” October, ” by Bobbi Katz, and “Theme In Yellow ,” by Carl Sandburg. We discussed persona and voice, and how you might transform into someone else on the page. We also discussed poetic line for the first time today, and I can’t tell you how sharp our young students are at breaking down why a line might be different in fiction or an essay than poetry. I asked students to write a poem in which they became a Halloween creature, and to write using their creature’s voice, and not their own. There are some surprising, delightful creatures below. It’s also worth mentioning that we did all of this in costume. All of us. In short: it was a great day.

2nd & 3rd Grade

Butter by Yazmin

I like to dance
In the sky
The sky
Is yellow

Vampire by Nathan

I have a spider as a body
A rake as shoes
Fish as gloves
A skull as a sword
Faces as shields
Feet as boomerangs

Goblin King by Layna S.

I am a Goblin King.
I am the destroyer
of souls. I am
hiding under your
bed every night. I have
sharp teeth and
glowing red eyes. I am
the Goblin King.

My Friend Ninja by Jaden O.

Me and my friend
went to get something
to eat. Me and him eat
some fries. Me and him
run fast. We were on
a mission.

2nd Grade

Unicornio by Emely G.

Yo soy un unicornio
porque tengo colores

Unicorn by Emely G.

I am a unicorn
Because I have colors

Monster by Ashley S.

I am a monster
who walks slowly

Clown by Karen F.

I am a clown I scare people
and more people get scared
and more people and then
everyone in the world

3rd Grade

Vampire Day by Pedro

I am
a vampire
that likes
to play
and eat
hot chips,
steal candy
from little
kids, like
to drink
blood juice
and likes
to scare
princesses.

Leopard by Anahi L.

I am
aleapard that
is so funny
and crazy in the
outside, I am
not a clown that
laughs a
lot of times
I am a silly
and happy leopard
that writes
poems

A Princess by Miryam G.

I am
a princess who
saved the kingom
and likes the prince
and likes to eat
cake and I love
my sister

Jack-O-Lantern by Sofiz V.

I am
a jack-o-lantern
and
I love
to sleep
and
I also
love
Halloween
and
it is
so fun
to be
a
jack-o-lantern!