http://blogs.dalton.org/noble A Blog for All Seasons Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:20:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today the students of Noble House were excited to meet with Ellen Nichols, who helped us to record our Lower East Side Poetry on Podcasts.  Stay tuned!  They will be posted on the blog after Thanksgiving. http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2009/11/19/lower-east-side-poetry-podcasts/ We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks THE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL. We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon. Gwendolyn Brooks. Photograph. adanirayperspective.blogspot.com. Web. http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2009/11/13/week-of-1116/ Things I Think are Super Elegant . My Grandma. High-heeled boots in wintertime. The snow falling on my windowsill. Running and jumping in the rain! Lying on the perfect grass on a cloudy day. Long speeches. Fish. Classical Music. Diamond Rings. Chic pampered poodles. Swimming in clear water. Macy's. Tea Time in London. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Alice's Tea Cup. Spending time with my mom in ... http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2009/11/13/catalogue-verse-list-poems/ After exploring the Tenement Museum, the students of Noble House were ready to discover signs of modern day immigration on the Lower East Side.  We photographed signs written in different languages, gathered printed material such as newspapers and business cards, sampled various types of foods from a variety of countries ... http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2009/11/11/noble-house-discovers-the-lower-east-side/ From: “Impressions” (The formatting has been altered slightly.) VI the sky was can   dy     lu minous edible spry pinks shy lemons greens    coo    l choc olate s. un      der, a      lo co mo tive         s      pout ing vi o lets – e.e. cummings E. e. cummings. Photograph. Artsjournal.com. Web. http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2009/11/05/week-of-119/ After taking a close look at the boxes of artist Joseph Cornell, the students of Noble House began thinking about and planning their own E. B. White Theme Boxes.  Some of the students decided to focus on the writing of White while others chose themes such as friendship, life and ... http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2009/10/31/e-b-white-theme-boxes-are-underway/ Yiddish Speaking Socialists of the Lower East Side (The format has been altered by the blog.) by Edward Sanders . …They came to Antwerp and then to London and then to Ludlow Street . to make a New World inside the New World at century’s turn— The Yiddish-speaking socialists of the Lower East Side . Some remembered with pangs and tears the beautiful rural ... http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2009/10/30/week-of-112-2/ Theme in Yellow by Carl Sandburg I SPOT the hills With yellow balls in autumn. I light the prairie cornfields Orange and tawny gold clusters And I am called pumpkins. On the last of October When dusk is fallen Children join hands And circle round me Singing ghost songs And love to the harvest moon; I am a jack-o'-lantern With terrible teeth And the children ... http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2009/10/23/week-of-1026/ My sincere apologies to Josh and Sara for omitting their poems!  Here they are. . Poetry To Me (An Acrostic) Poems spark up the dark Of the night Evening is the most pleasant time of the day Trees shaking, the best time to think up a new poem Rigorous raccoons and cloudy stormy skies Year-long skies come around ... http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2009/10/21/what-is-poetry-and-more/ Last week we began to read Helen Frost's story about a 5th grade class entitled, Spinning Through the Universe.  The story is comprised of a series of poems that tell a story about the students of Room 214.  Each poem is written in a different form including: Terza Rimas, Tankas, ... http://blogs.dalton.org/noble/2009/10/20/spinning-through-the-universe-and-writing-poetry-in-noble-house/