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My students have been working on book talks this week. Some of them wrote poems about their books. Tyler reviewed Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner. He wrote the following poem as an acrostic with the word storm. One student’s response, “I like how you included the theme in your poem.”
Saving lives from disaster
Taking risks
Only to see a surprising face
Revenge is never the answer
More and more problems appearing–Tyler
Kielan reviewed Naomi Shihab Nye’s poetry book A Maze Me. Kielan said she selected the background and theme of her Animoto because it reflected the dreamy tone of the poem “Necklace.” This is the kind of poem that stays with you. “Can Monday be a porch?”
Reflections on the Teche 
Wonderful poetic responses by your students!
[…] Margaret shares student poems written in response to Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner, and an Animoto video on A Maze Me by Naomi Shihab Nye. […]
Thanks for sharing. Am anxious to see A Maze Me now :)!
Margaret, I am so pleased that I am able to see the Animoto video that you spoke about. Your students have a wonderful way of integrating tecnology and literacy for real world audiences, thanks to the experiences that you are offering them. .
Love seeing the poetry in response, Margaret. Congrats to your students for doing such thoughtful work.
I’ll have to find A Maze Me and see why Kielan’s recommended it to “girls only.” One of these days I’m going to have to try to put together a video. Your students make it look so easy.
The subtitle for A Maze Me is “Poems for Girls.” The boys questioned this also. I told them they were welcome to read it.
What a fun way to respond to books! Makes the paper/pencil way boring in comparison. Both students did a terrific job — thanks for sharing.
Tyler nailed the book with that acrostic!