I haiku, can you?
It's simple: five, seven, five -
syllables, that is.
Students love to write?
Today that was the case - Yeah!
Confidence was built.
Pencil, paper - go!
Let your inner poet out -
write what comes to mind.
Can you tell we did haikus today in Writers' Workshop? Well, let me clarify - I shared "Guyku" (by Bob Rackza) with the boys while my coteacher shared "Dogku" (by Andrew Clements) with the girls. And wouldn't you know it, with a strong mentor text and the limitless imagination of 10 year olds, our students' writing took off - and they couldn't wait to share it either!
It was one of those lessons you have every once in awhile as a teacher with results that you don't expect or sometimes you don't even hope for, but when they come, you treasure them.
I'm still smiling hours later. Seriously.
No comments:
Post a Comment