Share a poem about your most influential teacher…
For the poets out there, I challenge you to compose an original poem about that teacher from your past who made a difference. In Nikki Grimes’ awesome chapter book, Bronx Masquerade, students share important life moments in the form of short narratives, and then those same students tell the same stories in the form of short poems. This is a great revision activity; if your students have written a narrative, challenge them to turn it into a poem with the same message.
No rules for these poems to post here. Simply capture your teacher’s impact with a poem that celebrates him/her.
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Goodbye, Girl
You could silence a room
just by crossing your arms,
the look in your eye
showed the world your charm.
Your class read the paper
and learned through the news,
they memorized poetry
all by Langston Hughes.
Anita, we’ll miss you
when you move to Chicago.
If it’s really so great there
why can’t we just all go?
Your memory will linger
long after you vacate,
(We’ll all still have Pat
that we have to placate.)
We’ll remember your kind words
if we start to stutter,
your vision of everything
flowin’ like butter.