Glastonbury Public Schools ELL
In Our Own Words
In Our Own Words is a collection of poetry by all of the students in our English Language Learner program from kindergarten to twelfth grade. The students represent forty five different home languages and come from varying skill levels in English, from newcomers to advanced learners.
The students, tutors and teachers enjoyed learning about and writing many different styles of poetry. As a genre, poetry is included in all grade level expectations in the English Language Arts Curriculum Standards.
We would like to thank all of the students, tutors and teachers for their hard work on this project. In addition, we would like to thank the CT State Department of Education for funding this project through an Immigrant Children and Youth Grant.
Poems and Recordings
Click on the student's name to read his/her poem and listen to a voice recording.