During the ’11-’12 school year, I had students decorate their poetry notebooks as part of the school’s after school poetry club, which I led. Students were fourth and fifth graders.
Here are some of there products.
I also made one with them, or rather was inspired by them to create myself another writing notebook.
Beautiful Nature
Nature is
Peaceful
And wild.
There are
Wild animals.
There are
Trees,
Grass, and
There are beautiful
Deer and
Plants.
There’s
Flowers in nature
And it’s good. You
Can relax
In nature,
So it is
Good to
Be in nature.
It’s quiet
And the
Grass is soft when you
Fall down,
So that’s good,
So that’s it,
Goodbye.
Hector P. 2007.
In the Sky
The sky
Is
Shiny,
Cloudy,
And windy.
Stars
Are beautiful.
Rainbows are pretty.
Nataly R. 2007.
Love
Love me mommy.
Give me love.
Give me hugs.
Give me kisses
Until the afternoon.
I won’t forget about those days
I had with you.
I will always love you,
And always take you
In my heart.
Love you.
Adriana H. M. 2007.
My Pet Stitch
I
Saw
A
Witch
With
My
Pet
Stitch.
Stitch
Itched
While
The
Witch
Got rich.
Jaqueline M. 2007.
The Bunny
I am a
Little
Bunny
Jumping
In
The
Honey
With
My
Friend
Acting
Like
A
Dummy.
Jaqueline M. 2007.
My Dog
I’m going to
Write a poem
About my dog.
My dog likes
To play a lot.
My dog is
Fun. My dog’s
Name is Chispita.
She is one year
Old. Her colors are
White and gray.
She likes to be
Outside.
Diana S. 2007.
Friends and Kids
Ana and Lesly were
Best friends. They grew up.
They got married. Ana had
Two girls and Lesly did too.
Their names were Anahi,
Adriana, Samantha
And Zoey. Anahi, Adriana,
Samantha, and Zoey were
Best friends.
Lesli P. 2007.
Stinky Me
Yo, yo, me, me. Nobody
Likes me because
I smell like
Feet. When I
Cross the street,
They say things
About me. They
Always say you
Smell like meat.
My nickname is the
Girl that always
Comes from the
Street.
Adriana H. M. 2007.
Memory Stay
Remembering people and
People don’t care about
You. I don’t care about them.
So if he is mad at you,
I don’t care.
The day was sunny and
A boy was sad because his
Dad didn’t want
To make a toy for him.
Giovany C. 2007.
The Music
We all like music and have
Parties and rap. And I
Have just one time to
Rap. The rap I do is
About my life and my life
Is about how I like to rap in
All my life and to the
End I will still be
Rapping to the end of
My life I will still
Be rapping to the end of
My life.
Alondra H. 2007.
Bees on the Hunt!
When bees go on the hunt,
They like to sneak. They
Track us down with
Their tails of
Death. Don’t
Ever move
Because
They
Will
Attack.
They
Are dangerous.
If I was you,
I would not do that.
Don’t wave your hands
Up like you don’t care.
Cynthia M. 2007.
To the End of My Life
The end of my
Life, is gone for the rest of
The end. I sleep, I
Dream. My life was
Sad, and life goes
On, and I am going up
There in the sky. And my life goes
Off. And the life goes off. It’s the
End of my life. And life
Is gone.
Alondra H. M. 2007.
My Friends
I play with
My dogs because
I love to
Play with them.
My dogs
Are my
Friends. I like
My dogs, I mean
My friends.
I love
To hang
Out at
My
Dog’s house because
I play the
X-Box because we
Love the X-Box
Because we
Like the
Games for
The X-Box. We play
Def Jam Fight for NY
And Star Wars too.
Juan H. 2007.
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Definition poem students and I wrote together as a class. I wrote while they provided their ideas for each line of the poem using a word web to organize our initial ideas.
Snatched
Snatched means
To take away quickly,
And to grab fast.
You can snatch money from the floor.
You can snatch someone’s ideas.
Teachers will snatch your phone.
Thieves can snatch your wallet.
2013.
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Poems by third grade students I worked with during ’06-’07 school year. This upcoming school year they will begin their sophomore year of high school, which I guess makes me feel a little old.
I Will Love You
Love you mommy
For all the days,
Every night.
Give you a lot of
Kisses for a special
Day. Forever I will love
You all my life.
I will keep you in
My heart.
Alondra H. 2007.
Storms
They are horrible. But they
Can kill the life of hope.
You thank its soul. But
You go bye, bye!
Your life flies
Up in the
Sky. Your
Time
Runs
Out
Because
Your
Life
Is
Out.
Cynthia M. 2007.
The City with Books and Poems
There is a place with
Lots of books,
And lots of poems.
Here the children are free
To go to the park.
And children can play.
The people are all so
Nice.
And always feel happy.
Welcome to Poem’s Book Town.
Alondra R. 2007.
How Much I Love My Family
I love my
Parents a lot.
They are
So special to
Me. They
Are nice to me.
That’s why I love
Them a lot.
Iridiana M. 2007.
Best Friends Forever
We could
Be best
Friends
For ever
And ever.
Forever
We could
Be best of
Friends for
Ever and
Ever.
Diana S. 2007.
Poor Me
When I was poor,
I was alone. I
Was in my room
Alone, trying to
Do poems by
Myself. I
Hope I was by my
Self in the room
With nobody just
Me by myself.
Adriana H. M. 2007.
Meat, Fish, Pork
My meat smells worse than my feet!
Smell my foot.
It stinks.
Meat tastes good and smells like a
Raccoon.
Fish, fish!
I eat fish and
Meat at the same time.
Fish is like a dead
Rat because it smells like a rat.
A dead rat.
Salvador L. 2007.
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spoken word: poetry, raps, and lyrics. 