So much depends upon...

Every year during poetry month I have my students create idea webs of all their thoughts about poetry, even the negative ones; especially the negative ones because by the end of the month, my hope is that their feelings will grow and evolve, just like Jack in Love That Dog by Sharon Creech, our current read aloud in sixth grade.

So here are some of the Jacks in my classroom:

It's such a shame when students hold back their true feelings. ;)

I'm the poetry monster!

This just made me laugh because I read this book quite a few months ago.

Someone has some strong feelings about red wheelbarrows.

I can't wait to see if I'm able to change the mind of all these students by the first of May.  :)

Oh, and in case you've never seen it before, this is why many of my students, not just the one above, have some strong feelings about red wheelbarrows.

The Red Wheelbarrow
by William Carlos Williams

So much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.