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Roses are red, Mavericks are green: YES Prep Southwest poets

April 22, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

In preparation for the upcoming district writing assessment, YES Prep Southwest teachers Jeremy Tullis and Eric Newcomer have been focusing their efforts on teaching a unit about poetry. First, we had our 7th graders read lots of different poems and write analytical paragraphs about them. Recently, we switched to having our students write poetry. They've since dabbled in "found" poems, "I Am" poems, haikus, odes, and free verse poems. Below is a haiku by Sydney "Syd the Kid" Clark and an ode by Arthur "Arty the Party" Soto.

Whatever It Takes  By Sydney Clark

Whatever It Takes

Giving 100 percent

Houston will be great

Ode to My Agenda  By Arthur Soto

My agenda

Helpful, simple, progressive

It is the reminder that sticks with me and never forgets anything

It is organized like the perfect day every day

It has an enormous "Y" on it to represent who we are and what we stand for

It always tells me what to do and how to do it

My agenda

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