Poetry

We read poems in class. We study grammar and punctuation with poetry. Once a month, students will memorize and recite a poem. This year, you will get to know poetry and you will find some poems that mean a great deal to you.

Dates for poem recitals: The weeks of October 4, November 1, December 6, January 10, February 7, March 7, April 11, and May 9.

The poems for September are:

1. "If" by Rudyard Kipling
2. "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley
3. "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
4. "The Village Blacksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
5. "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
6. "The Tale of Custard the Dragon" by Ogden Nash
7. "Noah" by Roy Daniells
8. "Hawk Roosting" by Ted Hughes
9. "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke
10. "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
11. "Abuelito Who" by Sandra Cisneros
12. "When You Forget to Feed Your Gerbil" by Denise Duhamel
13. "The Shark" by John Ciardi
14. "The Kraken" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
15. "Lone Dog" by Irene Rutherford McLeod