Today Poetry Friday is hosted by Laura at Writing the World for Kids.
Today’s poems are the result of studying the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Brave, bad Charbonneau
I am strong as a bear
Shooting, firing and yelling at the bear
Charbonneau is Sacagawea’s husband
Courageous, strong, mean
Theodore F.
4th grade
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Clark, Strong, Confident, Clever
Jumping, Clever, Leaping, Smart
Jumping, Running Clark
Confident Clark
Alan S.
4th grade
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Clever, courageous Clark.
I am as fast as a cougar.
I ran, shot, and paddled away from shore.
Clark makes maps and follows currents, loves Sacagawea.
Sneaky, wealthy, hero.
Mackenzie H.
4th grade
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Clever, courageous Clark
I am strong as a grizzly bear
I jump, run from grizzly bears
I am William Clark and I make maps
Curious Captain Clark
Ethan K.
4th grade
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These are terrific combinations of facts and figurative language. I love that! Good job, poets:>)
I like the way these poems celebrate our old country with its more abundant wildlife and I especially like Charbonneau, whose very name is a poem.
Lovelovelove the history/poetry connection. These kids really captured their historical characters!
I so love connecting their social studies to poetry.
Great idea and work to pair the history with poetry! I appreciate how the students showed their learning through the words in their poems!
Lovely to see poetic devices in play to capture snippets of history. (Curriculum integration is always a good thing!)