tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post8853960548371160754..comments2024-03-27T07:14:36.800-04:00Comments on <b>Dawn Potter</b>: Dawn Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500960150846895633noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-67825605774153360152011-11-30T10:12:54.178-05:002011-11-30T10:12:54.178-05:00In my experience with older students, they somehow...In my experience with older students, they somehow think poetry must be "grand"; however, my fifth graders just write about "stuff" and tend to react to it in that way as well. Big ideas are harder for them.Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-69328840844863472862011-11-30T08:20:52.549-05:002011-11-30T08:20:52.549-05:00How interesting, Ruth: the high school kids all fo...How interesting, Ruth: the high school kids all focused on the final stanza and the words "sorrow" and "wonder." A few talked about the deaths mentioned in the third stanza and also the implications of the title: what was encountered? I wish they'd gotten a chance to hear what the younger kids had to say about physical detail. H.S. students have such trouble with that.Dawn Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500960150846895633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-31368995829659540072011-11-29T13:07:47.070-05:002011-11-29T13:07:47.070-05:00Hope your day went well. I read this to my class ...Hope your day went well. I read this to my class today and they thought it was like the William Carlos Williams poem they have been reading and imitating because it focuses on specific details and not big ideas.Ruthnoreply@blogger.com