My students and I both have been trying to grapple with my poetry unit, with mixed success. Poetry is particularly challenging for English language learners, I think, because there is less context to hang on to. Last week, however, we worked on writing haikus which went quite well. I choose a few to share…
Person doing things
for all people of Japan,
Things to do all day
-Fabiola
Guatemala City
A moon with a horse in it
The night always there
-Alicia
In winter I’m asleep
And I drink coffee with bread
And I put on a sweater
-Luis
The snow is white and
we open presents and
we burn with the fire
-Eduardo
Oh my little El
Salvador I don’t live in
you El Salvador
-Hector
A good day to get
some honey in a country
with a lot of sweet
-Jorge L.
The fall is good to
see the birds sing in the tree
and to play soccer
-Jorge A.