Wednesday, March 21, 2012

"Dream" Lesson

Quarter Three is all about following directions and poetry terms. Today we watched a short video on Langston Hughes, then studied his poem "Dreams"

Dreams

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow
After reading it several times, we went over the literary devices that were used to make it so powerful.
Next we went to the following website to follow direction on how to make a heart orgami style:
After succesfully making our hearts, students wrote their own dream poem to place in the heart.
Then they placed their heart/ poem into their poem book that we have been working on during quarter 3.
Student Poem:

By Maritza

Dreams
Dreams are like kites
They are sometimes funny and sometimes silly
They keep us living
A reason to go on in life
They might fly away in the air
But you can always get a new one
When your dreams fly away you have the feeling to fly away with them
But you have to stay to find a new one
Dreams are like kites
They have to fly away in the wind
It is part of life








Well Done Students!

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