Poetry + Art Weekly Club

Each week of class, we will have a selected poem. See the list below for the poem for that week. Class will consist of three readings of the poem and an activity to do.

First reading: We will cover any vocabulary that is unknown or partially familiar to students. 

Second reading: We will discuss background knowledge related to the poem as well as poetic elements such as theme, author's purpose, type of poetry, rhyme scheme, stanzas, etc...

Third reading: Students will draw their interpretation of the poem as I read aloud the poem for the final time. I will also provide a copy of the poem on the screen for them to reference as they draw. 

We will wrap class with sharing poetry illustrations and any additional thoughts on that poem. 


February's Poems
Week of February. 2: "Little Boy Blue" by Eugene Field
Week of February 9: "O Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman
Week of February 16: "The Daffodils" by William Wordsworth
Week of February 23: No Class


March's Poems
Week of March 2: "The Duel" by Eugene Field
Week of March 9: "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Howitt
Week of March 16: "Plant a Tree" by Lucy Larcom
Week of March 23: "The Children's Hour" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


April's Poems
Week of April 6: "Keep a-Goin'" by Frank L. Stanton 
Week of April 13: "Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Week of April 20: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
Week of April 27: "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes


May's Poems
Week of May 4: "If" by Rudyard Kipling
Week of May 11: "See It Through" by Edgar Albert Guest
Week of May 18: "Touching the Sky" by Shreya D. Chattree
Week of May 25: "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost