This week, the students finished their poems that they have been working on during this session.
Next week, we will compile all of the students' poems into a book for each child to take home. We will also be sharing our poems with one another next week. Be sure to look for the book of poetry coming home next week.
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This week the students had the opportunity to again work with Jan Wallace, a local poet and teacher. She took the students through the process of writing a poem based on one of her own poems, Refusing the Moon.
Topics discussed included: -Using specific details. -Making lists. -Using sensory descriptions. Next week, we will finish our poems and start compiling them into a booklet to take home. This week the students observed an object from nature (shell, flower, leaf, rock) and wrote a poem that uses personification.
Here are some from the students: The Flower by Oliver The flower smells so sweet. Its petals like hairs with its neck so skinny! Its leaves like hands grabbing the wind as it sways. Rose by Alexandria Beautiful delicate ballerina stretching out her arms before she performs. Held up by thousands of layers of skirts. Rose is ready to perform. Oyster Shell by Greta Oyster shell is bruised, swelling very fast. What will happen if it grows? It might just say, "I'm heading to your nose!" To review different parts of speech, students wrote poems using nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases. Here are some examples:
Raspberry by Tadhg Round, red balls go up Round, red balls go up quickly Round, red balls go up quickly into the clouds. Cotton Candy by Charlotte Puffy clouds fly Puffy clouds fly lightly Puffy clouds fly lightly into the sky. Books by Ella Vibrant books Vibrant books open rightly Vibrant books open rightly for you to read. This week, the students analyzed "The Microbe." We practiced using context clues to define sanguine in the poem. We also looked at how the poet Hilaire Belloc used personification in the poem. Some recommended books that use personification include: The Giving Tree The Little Red Pen The Day the Crayons Quit Chopsticks |
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