A Crime Born
, , , Books, Fall 2018, Showcase, 0
What was it like being born a light-skinned product of a white father and a black mother? Trevor Noah’s...
How Can We Better Our Attitudes Towards Foreigners?
, , , Education, Fall 2018, Immigration, Point of View, Politics, Rights, Showcase, Three top social issues, 0
In George Orwell’s book, 1984, he emphasizes the societal problem of people having a negative attitude towards foreigners, especially...
Where does one draw the line on when to rebel and how far should it go?
, , , Fall 2018, Showcase, Writing, Writing & Communication, 0
Rebellion is something that has been seen all our lives. An act of violent or open resistance used in...
Khalid poem
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 1
Love is love Love is visiting my father in the hospital Love is helping my mom clean the...
Escape from Violence
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 1
Hi my name is Evelin Espinoza, this poem is about escaping from violence. Overall is people escaping the corruption of...
It Was Fun
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 2
This poem is about my mothers home town, La Ruana. The first part of this are fun memories I...
My poem connects to Romeo and Juliet because in the book, there are two families at war for money...
Why do People Hate?
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 2
Why do people hate ? A lot things that go on in your neighborhood A lot of people have...
I wrote this poem about a recent lover I had who has broken my heart completely. I wrote...
Love is powerful
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 4
This poem is about love and hate and it shows how love is more powerful that hate.Also ts shows...
Eyes
, , , Fall 2018, Research Help, Shakespeare, Showcase, 1
My poem is about how there is evidence of racism between white people and the colored people. I choose...
The Scars of Hate
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 3
This poem is related to the play Romeo and Juliet. The poem focuses on the theme of hate and...
Very Cash Money
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 3
This piece of literature is about how the economy can ruin the minds of the undermined communities and...
My poem is about love, violence and how people struggle. It also talks about how I feel. Love is...
The Universe Within Us
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 3
For this poem I had to connect a topic from Shakespear to my own life. I chose to write...
love and war by matthew
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 2
love and war my story is based on romeo and juliet and is based in oakland cuz theirs alot...
My poem is about being heartbroken. This connects to Romeo and Juliet because Rosaline broke Romeo’s heart. Love Can...
Unexpected
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 5
My poem is about love and how it doesn’t always end as a happy ending. I feel like some...
Anahi´s poem
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 2
In Humanities we had to write a poem that of things I have seen or been through that was...
“Love Not Hate”
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 2
This poem connects to the novel of Romeo and Juliet because they couldn’t live a happy life together because...
The Good and The Bad
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 4
This poem talks about the topic of love and how it’s like to be in love. The poem connects...
Revenge and Love
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 1
Hi my name is Latrell and this is my poem. This poem is about how it connects to Romeo...
Alcoholism
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 4
ALCOHOLISM This poem connects to Romeo and Juliet since love made Romeo and Juliet do many insane things like...
Dear reader I wrote this poem because I hear my parents and other family always talk about how Oakland...
Love Story
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, Social Class, 2
Hi my name is Kimberly, a 9th in Life Academy i’m writing a poem relating to Romeo and Juliet....
My Community
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 3
Hi! my name is Kenya Sanchez. I’m a 9th grader at Life academy. My poem is about my community...
Hi, my name is Cece. I’m a 9th grader at Life Academy. My poem is about how my...
Growing Up Poem
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 1
Hello, My name Adrian Terriquez, this is my poem that is about growing up and it connects to the...
Girls Everywhere
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 4
My poem is about female empowerment and how we should all view females. Growing up i can tell you...
Spoken Word Poem
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 4
Hi my name is Wendy and I am a 9th grader. In class we read Romeo and Juliet and...
This is What I See
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, 1
Hi. My name is Christy and I am a 9th grader at Life Academy. This poem is about...
Love is tragic
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 2
Hi my name is kalani and this is my poem, this poem don’t really have a topic bc its...
This is a poem about connecting Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare to our lives in Oakland, California. I...
Two genders
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 3
In this poem I wrote it was about sexism in our society and how it connects to Romeo and...
Love is Powerful
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 2
This poem is like Romeo and Juliet because it discusses love. But, it talking about 2018 in different times....
This is a poem about the violence that goes on in Oakland. This poem connects to the story of...
Love and Hate
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 2
This poem is related to Romeo and Juliet and how it relates to Oakland CA. I had to Write...
What Is Love?
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 1
My poem talks about how it connects to Romeo and Juliet and we had to make connections...
My struggles
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 0
I wrote theses poems because it connects to Romeo and Juliet’s love story. But also my personal life story....
My Life Story
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 2
I wrote a story that connects to Romeo and Juliet. My story connects because it talks about the fighting...
Hate vs Hate
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 2
This is my poem about the community that Romeo and Juliet had to face when they wanted to be...
Love is a Game
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 2
This poem is about two lovers who can’t be with one another because of family rivals. Similar to Romeo...
What I see
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 1
This is my poem about what I see as I grow up in Oakland California. This poem relates to...
In this Poem I connected Oakland to Romeo and Juliet’s story! Taught to hate Brought them their fate...
War and Violence!
, , , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 1
Hi my name is Oscar, I’m a 9th grader and I wrote this poem about war and violence and...
A woman
, , , Arts & Entertainment, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Creative Writing, Fall 2018, Poetry, Showcase, Women, 0
A Woman cares but who cares for her. She is abused who pulls her back on her feet. She...
Symbolism and Theme in Chapter 3 of Shaun Tan’s “The Arrival”
, , , Fall 2018, The Arrival, Writing & Communication, 0
Example post for The Arrival (Chapter III) Central Idea The third chapter in The Arrival is a very important...
Where We’re From
, , , Arts & Entertainment, Fall 2018, Media, Photography, Poetry, Showcase, Where I'm From, 0
Here is some of the highlights from our poetry. We hope you enjoy it. Fondly, The HSHMC Independent Surgeon...
What it Means to be American
, , , American Creed, Books, Fall 2018, Immigration, Showcase, Writing & Communication, 3
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue, tells the story of how a young African couple and their son move...
a poem is a lot like the streets of new york city filled with different noises, languages, and smells...
Paranormal
, , , Fall 2018, Poetry, Showcase, Where I'm From, 2
I am from green and red I am from the land of rice I am from the Roar of...
Seventeen. Reaching for the hills to my uninhabited wonders of my future. The constant worrying and anxiety the gives...
I CELEBRATE the trees, and dance beneath them. And what I have learned, they have taught me. For each...
Fears, doubts, and strange loves Swirl around me, too immense to manage The only solace I can find In...
Hate Not the Wind — A Poem In the Style of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”
, , , Creative Writing, Fall 2018, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Showcase, Writing, Writing & Communication, 1
Hate Not the Wind — A Poem In the Style of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” Noel Harrison ...
Woe is me, Life vs Me. A One Sided Battle
, , , Fall 2018, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Showcase, Writing, 0
I’ll probably get carpal tunnel by the end of the year, Between the essays, drafts and projects,...
I am from Dominican Republic where in the morning you wake up with El escandalo de la guaguita announcing...
Everything moved in unison. The three walked along the beach, stepping right, stepping left, right, left; much like they...
Diversity and Strength in America
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2018, Point of View, Rights, Showcase, Student-Centered, 3
What does it mean to be an American? That is a great question because there are so many perspectives...
Banning Books
, , , Arts & Entertainment, Books, Fall 2018, Politics, Showcase, Writing & Communication, 1
Books have been banned for various reasons. For instance, some have been banned for sexual content, uses of slurs,...
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