Actually, I was proud of her 4th grade work, though taken aback she did a whole poem on the boy band One Direction. and her poems -instead of the age-old references to nature, and higher powers, baseball and what not - they include an uncomfortable level (to my taste) of consumerism and pop culture. Still, proud.
Here's a taste
Acrostic Poem
Only British/Irish boy band for me
Never writes horrible songs
Earns awards for their music
Day and night is how much they work on music
Irresistable Music
then goes on for a dozen more lines
Alphabet Alliteration (bounced around on this)
All day long armadillos angrily ate applesauce
Educatational Emily elementary ate evil egg salad
Grumpy grandpas ate golden grandmas with Gus
Happy hot dog hopped on Hanukah
while highlighting a hare's hair
Iquanas ate Isabel with a side of ice cream
while idiotically talking about Iowa in Israel
...several more pages
who what when where why poemChinquapin Poem
Boots
Tall, brown
Walking, jumping, click-clacking
Running in the hall
shoes
The best was an homage to her nike frees running shoes, but that needs a jpeg (illustrated). I lied, was drinking a beer already, so this is all you get.Who:I
What: straightened my hair
When: on a Friday night
Where: at my house
Why: so, I could go to the Cardinal's game