Poetry 2007 - By 6th Grade Students of Fairfield Middle S...
1st World Library / 1stworld Library / Gookin, Ann
The poems you are about to read were written and selected by sixth graders of the Fairfield Middle School in Fairfield, Iowa. These eleven- and twelveyear- olds were exposed to a wide variety of poetry throughout the year. Students read, chanted, sang, rapped, acted-out, interpreted, memorized, and recited poems from famous authors. They also learned how to write many different types of poems, including Japanese tanka, haiku and magazine haiku...