At the conclusion of our year-long Poetry Residency at Sloat Elementary in San Francisco, our young writers performed some of their favorite pieces for classmates, friends and family at their end-of-year Poetry Cafe. Watch all 8 videos below - bravo to all!
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The young writers from our in-school poetry residency at Commodore Sloat Elementary in San Francisco shook things up by PERFORMING a poem! Enjoy these videos of our 2 classes acting out Kenn Nesbitt's I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TODAY.
This session, our Instructor Lisa Gray has been working with Oakland Charter Academy 6th and 7th grade students. They explored the history and forms of haiku and then created their own:
Cello
To admire is
Express myself playing it
No stress or anger.
by Citlali
(From....: Write a Haiku about something important to you)
No Stopping
I will not give up
I will not stop no matter what
I will get better.
by Daniela
(From....: Write a Haiku about something important to you)
Apocalypse
Fire burning across land
People fleeing homes flaming
World dying people,
by Tlaloc
(From....: Write a Haiku about something important to you)
Pizza
Eating food, good pizza
His mom made with delicious
sauce and good meat.
by Oscar
(From....: Write a Haiku about something important to you)
Naomi
She smells like roses, and her voice sounds like rain on a hot day – lovely and refreshing.
by Jennifer
(Using simile to create a portrait of someone in your family or that you admire)
This week is Inclusive Schools Week and across the nation educators, students and parents are using the opportunity to celebrate how far we have come and explore what more we can do to include and educate all students, regardless of disability, race, gender, socio-economic status, language, cultural heritage or other factors.
On Monday, December 7th, San Francisco public schools held a kick off event on the steps of City Hall where dignitaries, educators, parents and students spoke about the importance of inclusion in their lives. "Take My Word For It!" was proud to have one of our students read a poem at this event. This year's ISW theme is "sharing our gifts" and we hope many students can use the gift of poetry to get them through the hard times in life.
Patrick reading a poem at City Hall that he wrote during a "Take My Word For It!" in-school poetry residency at his elementary school.
These 2nd and 4th grade students have been hard at work creating at Oakland Leaf's after program at Ascend Charter school in Oakland . One of the first projects the students completed was making found-word poems inspired by Shel Silverstein's "If The World Was Crazy".
Every Wednesday our creative writing prompt challenges you to pick up your pen and indulge your author self!
"Take My Word For It!" is celebrating National Poetry Month this April. For today's creative writing prompt, write a poem about an owl using these three words: majestic, soaring and piercing.
Share your poetry with us! Post your poem in the comments section of our blog!