📚 𝗧𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿! 𝗔 𝗳𝘂𝗻, 𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀, 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻!📚

*𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴-- 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬-𝘵𝘰-𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬!*

We'll take a look at a fun, age-accessible poem. We'll chat about how it's put together, then spend about ten minutes writing our own poems in the same style. If anyone gets stuck, not to worry-- the teacher will help students overcome writers block and get back on track! Students are invited to share their poems with their peers at the end of class, though this is not required. 

Poetry is a great form of literature for reluctant writers, but can also provide a fun challenge for avid writers. This class aims to be informative but also fun and low-stress.

Because each class serves as a complete lesson, students are welcome to join for as long as they'd like, drop out when needed, and join again-- the course was created with schedule flexibility in mind.

Here are some examples of the types of poems we'll create in class--
Cinquain
Concrete
Free Verse
Haiku
Cross-Out/Found
Sonnet