Contributor’s Name (Your Name): George Michael Hakim
Students will explore the theme of interconnectedness by writing poems, reading poems, holding Socratic Seminar about published poems, and analyzing poems for specific creative writing techniques. They will also go on an Erdkinder program, during which they will read and write thematic poetry.
Theme: Interconnectedness
Geared toward ages: 12-14
Kick off: Chain Poems and Self Poems
Seminar Title: I, Too
Discussion Topics: Community, Identity, Connection
Group Initiative: Taboo!
Project: Poetic Analysis, Making a Poetry Book or Pieces of Artwork
Outside Opportunity: Erdkinder at Kroka Expeditions
Author’s note: This theme corresponds with our Erdkinder experience. If it doesn’t with yours, you’ll need to find a new outside opportunity. The work the students come up with is astounding, though.