In this assignment we made a concrete poem. We drafted a poem and sketched out the object of what we were writing about and learned about symbolism. Then after all of that, we wrote our poem along the lines of our sketch. Then erased the line and you have a sketch made out of a poem. Then you color it all. For  my project, I chose to compare a christmas tree to memories. I learned how to do describe objects very deeply, and to show how objects can represent something bigger. 

In this assignment we made an Identity poem. We drafted it the we put it on the this piece of paper and made it very colorful. The poem is supposed to identify your home, your memories, and your personality. For my poem I chose to do a dove to love, A flower to thoughtfulness, Culture to fashion, and a rubber band to flexible. I learned how to symbolize words, and put my writing on paper in a very creative way.

In this assignment we made a picture this story. We went through ten pictures and described what they looked like and wrote down what we thought it could be about. then after that we wrote a story about what we wanted it to be about. My project is about a dad who went off to war. And they were worried if was not going to make it back. I learned how to  base a story off of a picture.

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In this assignment we made dance poems for the showcase.  We had a chart on google docs and listened to the songs and fiqured out what the song meant. Then we summerized what we wanted our poem to be about based on that song that we were listening to. We also had a peice of lyrics from the song to put in our poem and made sure we had some type of figurtive language to put in our poem. After all of that we made our poem. My project was trying to get done all the eight poems. I learned how to find the theme in music.

In this assignment we learned how to write a I.D poem.  An I.D poem is a poem is a poem you write about yourself and is in the shape of a fingerprint.  I learned how to write poems about myself by comparing things to me.

This assignment we learned how to write poems about music.  They were poems about music with themes.  My poem was about the song Flashlight by Jesse Jay.  This poems helped me learn how to find theme in music and use metaphors in my poem.

By: Aarya Gupta

For this assignment we had to create poems based of songs from the Winter Arts Showcase. I picked my poem about the song "Finding Wonderland." I   wrote this about how time flies and it is important to cherish every little memory and every kind action. I learned how to understand and find the theme of a song and write something about it.  

By: Aarya Gupta 

In this assignment we created stories mainly focusing about a character.  We had to make sure to include a certain amount of figurative language.  In this project I wrote about a very carless guy who learns at the end, sometimes anyone could be a hero and how when life gives you a second chance take it. I learned how to write a story mainly about a character’s growth and actions.

By: Aarya Gupta 

For this assignment we had to write about what we see in pictures, think of ideas, and then pick a picture and write a story about it. We had to inculde a flash forward and figurative language. I picked to write about a guy who needed a vaction and when he was in the aircraft it crashed and he found himself lost. After finding a incredible creature he had to find a way to save it. I learned that even a simple image can be turned into a wonderful story if you just use your imagination.

By: Aarya Gupta 

In this assignment we thought of metaphors and made them into poems that were 15 lines long. I picked the metaphor "Life is an never ending adventure." We then had to print out a coloring page that best fits with our poem. I picked a hiking trail because life is a journey and you have to live life to the fullest. I learned how to use a metaphor and make a long poem with symbolisum.

Audrey Freeman 

Audrey Freeman 

By Kinsey Brandon

In this assignment, we looked at a few pictures that had meaning and chose a photo to write a story about. This story is about a girl in the Industrial Revolution and her journey. I learned how to include figurative language in my writing and how to write a story that portrays meaning. 

For this poem I had to create a metaphor, comparing an item/object to something, and for my metaphor I chose to compare a ribbon to honor. Then I had to create a poem basing it completely off of my metaphor.  Then I had to print out anc color a stress releif  picture of my object. For this assingment I learned how to create a poem out of a metaphor. 

In this assignment we looked at a picture to write a story just off what we saw and thought of. I ended up looking at a picture of a train and wrote about a jewish girl living during WWII.  I learned that just looking at one picture can bring so much life into a writing.

This assignment we we learning about concrete poems, this a poem where you take a shape or thing and described something and what it symbolizes. I ended up making a really good poem using the shape or a moon and how it is like a sweet dream and how a moon and be as bright as your dreams. I learned that one shape can turn into an amazing poem with just describing something.  

In this assignment we used to shape of a thumb print to describe yourself. In this I used many different comparisons that worked to describe who I am. For one I said, " I am as trustworthy as a dog ". In this assignment I learned how to describe myself in many different ways, and to make it poetic. 

In this assignment we wrote extended metaphor about something that compared two things. In this case I wrote about how life can be compared to a sour patch and how it can be sweet or it can be sour. In this assignment, I learned that metaphors can extend the length of an entire poem. 

For this assignment  I had to make a poem using symbolic representation  or a comparison. I chose a comparison, and the comparison I chose was  "The  angel is hope." After I made my poem I drafted an angel on a piece of paper and drafted my poem on it, because the assignment was a concrete poem.  When I showed my teacher my draft she gave me a paper to do my final draft on, and I followed the same process for the final draft. For this project I learned what a concrete poem is, and is a poem in the shape of something. For instance mine is in shape of an angel because my poem is about an angel. 

This is my extended metaphor, the topic of this is "Life is a rollercoaster". This assignment asked us to compare two things, and then explain how those two things are alike in a poetic way. I did life is a rollercoaster because sometime you get to the best part of your life than sometimes you fall back down which is the bottom of the rollercoaster, so I thought it was the perfect metaphor. 

This is my concrete poem, which this poem compares a balloon to letting things go. This assignment is you shaping your poem like the object your relating it to. I wrote about this because when a person boosts your confidence your the balloon flying high, but when someone says something unnecessary that's you going down.

By Kinsey Brandon

For this assignment, we had to create a poem in the shape of something that symbolizes something or compare it to something else. My poem is about how the American flag symbolizes freedom and it mainly focuses on the Revolutionary war and how we gained our independence from Britain. I learned how to write poems in the shape of something else and I also learned how to write about how something can symbolize something else.

By Kinsey Brandon 

For this writing, we had to start by filling out a google slide about our character including their likes and dislikes, and what they look like. Then we made a story based on our character. I wrote about a girl that keeps getting expelled from schools and they keep having to move. In this lesson, I learned how to start from a character that I created and make a story about it.

By Kailee

For this assignment we had to make a poem that compares two things and show how they are alike.

I chose to compare rain to a teardrop. I did this because they are very much alike. They are alike in many ways. 

I learned how to compare two things using a poem.

By Kailee

For this assignment we had to make many little poetic comparisons about ourselves and put them all in a fingerprint.

I chose to write many comparisons inside of this fingerprint that described or related to me. I did this because it was supposed to be like my own fingerprint.

I learned how to make a poem about me.

By Kailee

For this assignment we had to make a poem that symbolizes something and  write a concrete poem. Which means that you would have to use your words to create the shape of the object that uses symbolism. 

I chose to make a poem about a sun and how it makes someone feel. I also added the colors that normalize it. I did this because it reminds me of those days where you just get a happy feeling in you.

I learned how to make the structure of the poem the same as the writing or poem.

By:Izabelle 

This poem is comparing sadness to a Tsunami it \talks about how much alike the two are.

I learned how to compare two different things in a poem.

By:Izabelle

This piece of work shows lots of things related to me and about me because it's supposed to resemble my very own finger print.

I learned how to make a poem with everything about me,in a uniqe poem shape.

By:Izabelle

I compared love to roses because a ruby red rose means love and romance.

I learned how to make a poem in the shape of what its about. 

An A/B poem is a poem consisting of 2 line stanzas, each stanza having a new rhyming scheme .

The poem is proving that even if you are average, you can complete anything extraordinary; Even if you are, in fact, extra ordinary. 

This poem extended my vocabualry when trying to find words that rhyme and follow the poem.

An extended metaphor poem is a poem that takes a metaphor and extends it throughout the whole poem.

The poem explains how promises are a gamble, only a chance of winning while also having each and every odd being agaist you. Promises leave marks, wounds that will sure last at least a good while.

The poem taught me how to extend my metaphors through the whole poem.

Descriptive text is a form of writing where you slow down time and describe everything around to form a visual idea in the reader mind.

The short-story explains how music can transform so much, with so little being done. A few beats of a drum, a couple strums or slaps from a bass;  Suddenly you have possibly change your entire mood

This taught me how to slow time down in stories even further than before,  each word having a meaning of the description.

Comparison poems are where you compare two or more objects, people, or ideas and use different author craft move to explain how they are connected.

The poem compares the ocean to an unfinished symphony, beautiful on its own, yet not complete and in its most refined form. It's raw and gorgeous to each its own.

It taught me how to think of different and unlike things and ideas, and make them into something new and even more extraordinary than the two or more things alone.

We were told to draft three spooky poems and pick our favorite one. We learned how to add a spooky mood to our poems and authors crafts to add suspense. 

ID Poem

I wrote a poem about things that make me who I am.  I included stuff in my house and things I love. I learned how to use description and metaphors to describe things.

By: Dalton

This poem was for the spook off contest in class.   It is about a girl who went into a shack and found a mysterious being inside.

By: Dalton

This poem was written based off of the deeper meaning of a song.   It is about how no matter what they will stand their ground and never give up even when things try to knock them down.

Soccer ball I had to make the concrete poem into a soccer ball. I chose to talk about how a soccer ball was a dream, and how the soccer ball symbolizes my dream.  I learned how to make a poem and concrete poem. 

Spooky poem  I had to make 3 different spooky poems that used suspense. I choose to make it like a old abandoned house. I learned how to make the poem spooky, and to build suspense in my writing.  

The hot sun I had to make a concrete poem for the writing warm up. I chose to compare the sun to lamp. I learned how to use a metaphor effectively. 

I wrote this poem using themes from songs. The theme for this song is: "Oftentimes we feel like we need to hide from reality, but we can be strong and when we look around we can see all of those who support us and love us, which makes reality sweet."

In this poem we had to use the theme and name of a song to write a poem.  The theme of the song is no matter what you throw at us, we will stand strong. For this I decided to write about a Mom who had cancer and fought for her life. I learned songs  can have deeper meanings.

In this story we had to craft a character. The character I decided to do was a kid named Aiden Floss, who wasn't smart and had a tooth that danguled out of his mouth. I learned the techniques of crafting a charater from this project.

In this extended metaphor poem we used metaphors to represent some of our personality traits. For this project I chose to say how I am a phone, pictures of families and friends, the swingset in the back of the yard, my grandma's old recipe book, a trophy, and the shed sitting in our backyard, a TV, a very old bench and the memories of my past because all of these things make me who I am. From this project I learned how to write a extended metaphor poem, and also how to describe myself using figurative language.

In this poem we had to use a theme from a song to write a poem. The theme of this song is Learning to love yourself as you are can feel like a dream, but when you let the dream take over it can become the greatest show of your life. For this I decided to write about a showman who accomplished his dreams, but  forgot about himself. From this project I learned that everything has a theme, even songs.

this assignment was about making a poem comparing 2 things, using a metaphor. This project was titled Extended Metaphor. I chose to compare a moon and an isolated person because there are many comparisons between the two.

This song was a part of the dance songs and we made poems out based on the meaning of the songs, and this was one of mine.  It compares finding wonderland to finding your true happiness.

This assignment was finding the deeper meaning of songs for the winter showcase. I picked flashlight out of the other 7 because, this could be about you and a friendship and that person is a flashlight that guides you through life. The first line says " you guide me through the dark" that shows how the person is your flashlight that helps you through life or just anything.

This assignment it shows who we are and this is probably one of my favorite assignments. Because, we get to show who we are and why we are who we are. It also was fun to write in the finger print shape.

I wrote a poem about the song "The Greatest Show." I wrote about the deeper meaning or theme of the song and put it into a poem. I learned how to find the deeper meaning of songs

I wrote a story by developing a character and their personality.  I also used imagery to create the setting of the story. This was the develop a character assignment.

Jaliyah Salley

 This assignment we made Extended Metaphor Poem . I chose to compare life to a plant, and how we grow like they do. I learned that anything can be made into a metaphor .

Jaliyah Salley

For this assignment, we made concrete poem. I chose a camera  because all the memories that are taken in our brain. I learned that  a poem can be turned into anything.

Jaliyah Salley

For this assignment we created I.D. poems. I chose facts about me and my personality. I learned that I.D. poem is your personality what you look for everyday. 

The assignment was about developing a character and making them change in some sort of way through the story and mine was about a kid named Zach who flew to Dubai, but little did they know there was a war breaking out.

The assignment was about writing a story based off of a lot of photos,this story was based off a picture of a big explosion in a field.  I made story about it and i had to really work to type a whole story revolved around the picture. I learned to use more descriptive details in my writing. 

In this assingment we could create any story we wanted, but we also practiced creating a character, describing a character, and describing the setting.   For my story, I chose to write about getting stuck in a video game.  (Very original story, I know.)  I learned how to properly create a character, and how to create and describe setting.

In this assignment, we were given 10 pictures and were told to pick one and make a story with it.  We also had to use the picture at one point in the story.  I chose to make a story about a Korean War veteran and his attempt to get home.  I learned how to properly paint emotion in a story.

Spooky Poems: Carter Craft

Finding Wonderland: Carter Craft