After reading Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" for co-op, we began our poetry unit. The 5th and 6th graders learned about poetry at co-op yesterday and then practiced writing their own. They had slips of paper to use to help them get started so they could arrange and rearrange them until they had what they wanted. The first poem listed in Alex's blog is the one he created at co-op.
Today we began studying different poetry styles with personification. We read "Fog" by Carl Sandburg, "Things to Do if You Are a Subway" by Bobbi Katz, and "Dandelion" by Hilda Conkling.
Dandelion
O little soldier with the golden helmet,
What are you guarding on my lawn?
You with your green gun
And your yellow beard,
Why do you stand so stiff?
There is only grass to fight!
Nicolas copied the poem "Paper Dragons" by Susan Alton Schmeltz. Alex had the assignment of personifying something and writing a poem. These are the next two listed in his blog. The one entitled "Rain", he used this website to create.
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