Poetry Anthologies – Reflection & Poems

In Ms. Edwards’ class, we are finishing our poetry anthologies! I enjoyed the process of writing, editing, and publishing poems! I wrote over 10 poems, but my anthology has only five. These include Star, Angel, Ghost, a set of 3 Haiku poems, and Raindrop. Star is a poem I wrote when I was brainstorming topics, and I thought of a poem about stars. Angel, one of the very first poems I wrote, was about a loved one who was very close to your heart. I included a Word Cloud, made with Tagxedo, of an Angel next the the poem. Ghost is nearly the opposite of Angel, the one who you fear the most. It is inspired by fright in the past. Next is my video of Haiku poems, which is not my favorite. Lastly, I have Raindrop. Raindrop is a poem I wrote in forth grade very poorly, and then made it come to life in 5th grade. I love Raindrop because you don’t just hear the poem, you feel it. And you don’t just read it, it speaks to you. I added a quick illustration to the poem as well. The name of the anthology is Midnight Rivers. I hope you enjoy!

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Writing: Non-Fiction Feature Articles

In Mrs. Edwards fifth grade class we are writing non-fiction articles. We got to choose a topic, and I chose hamsters. We took out books about the topic we chose in our school library, and then wrote about the topic in our writing notebooks for a few weeks. Then we typed it up onto Google Drive. From there we converted it into Word. We are using Word at the moment. Then we will upload them online for the world to see. I loved writing about hamsters because I have a young hamster myself. Her name is Justice and she is about 10 months old. I love writing and I love hamsters so this was such a fun activity for me. I wrote about food, water, cleaning the cage, holding a hamster, grooming, and more. If you are interested in hamsters, or want to get one, then be sure to look out for the article!