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About this Book:
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The lively poems in this booklet by sixth grade students at Alfred G. Waters Middle School reflect the curiosity, enthusiasm and creative energy of writers engaged with language. Each day, along with a prompt and suggestions on form, students were given permission to write whatever came into their heads. Soon the students found that words and ideas, once written down, can take on unexpected meanings, or allow us to discover meaning.
The observations in these poems are ordinary: a favorite season, a missed pet, April Fools Day, wishes or questions about identity. The observations are made extraordinary by the magic of poetic language, which conveys emotions we aren’t able to express in everyday conversation. Poetry can teach us how we are different and how we are alike. Poetry in the classroom teaches students the power of words, and love for the written word.
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