Students share family stories of their own by writing original poems and reviewing parts of speech using the Diamante Poems tool.
Children's author Patricia Polacco was born in 1944.
In 1952, Paul Fleischman was born on this day.
Some of Fleishman's memories in his essay "My House of Voices" are shared with the class. Students then write a descriptive essay that gives a tour of the voices in their homes, school, etc.