Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Middle Schoolers Celebrate Poetry Month in the Library

April is National Poetry Month, and it is being celebrated in the Imperatore Library with a few student-centered poetry events.

The 7th grade crowd gets ready to hear some poetry 
Seventh grader Emmitt reads his poem
Seventh grader Abi reads her poem

On April 11, the seventh grade held their poetry cafe. During their poetry unit, each seventh grader wrote and workshopped several poems. At the poetry cafe, they shared at least one of their finished poems with the entire grade.

Eighth grader Ally recites a poem
Eighth grader Dhanesh recites a poem
Eighth grader Emma recites a poem

On April 15, the eighth grade held their poetry event. Each student chose a published poem to study and memorize, and then recited it in front of a larger audience.

Eighth grader Jack recites a poem
Eighth grader Tracianna recites a poem

Our final event of the month will be Write Night, our biannual celebration of student and faculty writing. This spring's Write Night, which focuses exclusively on poetry, will be on April 24th from 4:45-6. If you'd like to read your own poetry, sign up with your English teacher. You can also always come as a member of the audience even if you don't have a personal piece of poetry to read.

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