Writers Workshop Sharing

This week, our group shared our writing pieces for one another and provided feedback.

For my piece, I wrote a "I Am" poem. In my 3rd grade classroom, students are in a unit about poetry and culture. Their culminating project is to write an I Am poem about their own culture. I decided to write one as well in solidarity with them. My poem is a reflection of my personal culture, largely shaped by growing up with my family. I talk mostly of my childhood culture as this relates to the children; but at the end I make a few mentions to my adulthood culture (e.g. enjoying beer and gardening!).

Some of the feedback I received encouraged me to elaborate a bit more on certain phrases (e.g. what do "intense" games of hide and seek look like?). For next week, I will incorporate more detailed language to make the poem more interesting.