All About Poetry

This was my last class with Mr. M’s fifth graders. I wrote a poem for the class, using each of their names and summing up what we did this semester. I asked them to write either a review of the class or a poem. (I always give them the option of writing a poem on anything they want!) Here are a few responses:

Poetry

By T

I like writing because
we get to play writing games,
like when we play the animal nickname game
and you have to beat someone’s time.
I like writing because we get to read poems
and my three favorites are
“When a Woman Gets Blue,”
“This is Just to Say,”
and the last one is
“Life Doesn’t Frighten Me At All.”

All About Poetry

By C

Before I came I didn’t like poetry.
Now I have started to like poetry
because I get to write about stuff
that I really like to write about.
I also like poetry because
I get 10 minutes for silent time.
I like to write about action!, poems,
and other stuff like that.

The Fog

By J

The fog is sometimes scary
from horror movies like
The Headless Horseman
and The Mist.
But people should know that
fog is clouds that fall from the sky.
I like my thoughts.