This week's featured writers are the Shields sisters from the New School @ Columbia in Columbia City. The twins studied poems to learn various writing techniques, such as personification and patterns. Students then applied these, and other new literary tools, to write about topics that interest them.
Swing
From way back here
Down through the air
Down, down, I rush
To way down
Then up again I fly
To where my feet
Can touch the sky!
by A'Aliyah Shields, Grade 3
A'Aliyah likes to play outside and with their 6-month-old nephew. "He's happy when I hold him," she says. About this poem she said "I used details and it has patterns in it. I think it's funny. People would like to read it, I think. It makes you almost want to write your own poem about it.
"My next poem is going to be about my nephew and the one after that will be about spaghetti, cause it's slippery and falls off my fork."
Snow
Snow snow snow
So pretty on the ground
So white and cold
When I pick it up. So cold.
When I make it into balls
to have a snowball fight with my sister.
So cold.
When you get on the ground
and make snow angels. So cold.
When you slip and fall on the ground.
So cold.
When the snow goes in your gloves
and hat and coat and scarf.
So cold.
When snow flakes come down on your face.
By A'uria Shields, Grade 3
A'uria is 9-years-old and likes to write personal narratives, poems and playing outside and with her 6 month-old nephew.
Both students are part of the Powerful Writers program in South Seattle dedicated to engaging students in learning to promote achievement in reading, writing, and the arts. Call 722-5543 for more information.
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