April 25, 2017
by Denise Krebs
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Travel Out of bed Into the fast car To the far airport Off to cultural Thailand Beside the wonderful sea and beautiful skies Past the wonderful days For all the fun Time to Leave! Fatima H. Magical Toward the … Continue reading
May 5, 2013
by Denise Krebs
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Students wrote found poems using magazine headlines.
April 3, 2013
by Denise Krebs
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Students this week perused PoetryFoundation.org. Each one found a great poem. We then randomly chose brackets and pitted the poems against each other. The only criteria was that the person liked it and it is a GREAT poem. Now we … Continue reading
March 25, 2011
by Denise Krebs
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Seventh graders have been reading and studying ballads. We are now reading “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. This post is a homework assignment for them. Here is a new video to follow along with as you read “The Raven” … Continue reading
March 24, 2011
by Denise Krebs
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Students created some wonderful shape poems. The assignment was to use words to create a picture of something they were passionate about. I think their work shows both passion and genius. Class of 2016 Class of 2015
March 15, 2011
by Denise Krebs
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Our next poetry assignment is to create a shape or picture poem. You can use paper, magazines, construction paper or any materials really. It can be any size. Please be creative and inspired! You can also create it digitally. Here … Continue reading