English 1 Ends the Year with Poetry Unit

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Lexi Burrows
Staff Reporter

                English 1 classes were given a heartwarming assignment. They had to write an “I Am” poem, and then put it on a poster board with pictures.
The poem was to explain who they are as a person, and where they came from. Many kids struggled with the thought and found the assignment difficult. In Mrs.Hockensmith’s class, she only gave 9 perfects.
“It was interesting because it made you think about your past,” said freshman Jessica Shepherd who received a perfect. The poem had to be 20 lines, and very descriptive.
“The textual evidence was one of the most important things,” said Hockensmith, during one of her English classes.  Students really had to dig deep and just think about the different smells, sounds, and tastes of what they were describing in the poem.
“It took me about two days to complete the whole project, but my rough draft was done within a day,” said Shepherd. Several students shared their poems with their families, and got several different responses.
“I read it to my mom, and she said she likes it and that it was well written,” said Shepherd. Over all the majority of the students enjoyed these projects and the teachers enjoyed learning about where their students came from. 

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