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My Beliefs
All of the 5th grade students in our Sloat Elementary Poetry Residency wrote poems inspired by Maya Angelou's piece, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me at All". Poets Alexandra, Samantha and Ada confronted their fears in these three pieces.
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A verdant poem written by a student in our poetry residency program at Sunset Elementary in San Francisco from our curriculum called, "Take My Portrait", focusing on how to paint vivid, memorable portraits in words.
Pond
Gaze up
At the thin green canopy
of branches.
The small
Beams of sunlight
That
Manage to push through.
The beam
Looks almost green
As it shimmers down on
You.
If you want to find green.
Every Wednesday our creative writing prompt challenges you to pick up your pen and indulge your author self! Today's prompt is about New Years Eve and includes a fun activity. The start of a new year is a time filled with hopes and dreams for the future. Here is a fun way to discover what may be ahead for you and your family in 2015.
Fill a bowl with water, have a grown-up light a candle and then hold the candle over the water until the melted wax drips 20 times into the bowl of water. Look carefully at the wax drops as they land in the bowl, are they clumping together and starting to look like a puppy or are they spreading out to look like snowballs? Whatever shapes you see are a prediction of something that might happen (or you would like to have happen) during 2015. Have everyone in your house take turns making wax shapes and then write about the predictions you saw. No time for this activity? Then, take a moment to write down your hopes and dreams for 2015.
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Every Wednesday our creative writing prompt challenges you to pick up your pen and indulge your author self! Today's prompt is about Hannukah - There are eight candles (9 including the center candle, called the shamash) on the menorah. In the spirit of the season of giving, come up with nine wishes or hopes you have for your family, your school and your world.
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Every Wednesday our creative writing prompt challenges you to pick up your pen and indulge your author self! Today's prompt is about holiday gifts - If you could wish for one special gift what would it be? Don't limit yourself to just a new toy, maybe there is something really special you might like. For instance, you could wish for more time to play, or extra time to snuggle, or for a special outing with a friend. Tell us why you want the gift, who it is for (it doesn't have to be for you) and how you might thank the person who gave it to you.
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