The day before National Poem-in-your-Pocket-Day is a busy one in my classroom. Students browse through thousands of poems in over a hundred poetry collections to find the perfect opus to carry with them the next day. They are also welcome to revisit all the great writing they have posted to our online poetry challenge and select an original work.
For some reason, these sixth graders were more excited and engaged than any other group I've ever shared the activity with. Can we have more than one? Can we trade with our friends? Can I pick something another student has posted?
The answers were, Yes. Yes! and YES!
"It's like any holiday," I joked with them, "you can celebrate it any way you like!"
Yay! they cheered.
When I told my friend and fellow English teacher Mary about it? She said, "Look at you, creating a community of writers!"
Yes! Yes! and Thank you, Mary!
For some reason, these sixth graders were more excited and engaged than any other group I've ever shared the activity with. Can we have more than one? Can we trade with our friends? Can I pick something another student has posted?
The answers were, Yes. Yes! and YES!
"It's like any holiday," I joked with them, "you can celebrate it any way you like!"
Yay! they cheered.
When I told my friend and fellow English teacher Mary about it? She said, "Look at you, creating a community of writers!"
Yes! Yes! and Thank you, Mary!
Nice - hope it is a great day tomorrow and let the celebrations continue throughout the month. Congratulations!
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