Name: Najayyiah Lyles

Date:

3-27-14

Model Poem for "I Hear My School Singing"

In the poem I Hear America Singing, Whitman celebrates the diversity of American life,
focusing on individuality. This poem is a list poemWhitman lists or catalogues the people
he hears singing. Fill in the blanks of the model poem below to create your own version of
this poem, using our school as your inspiration. Where appropriate, indicate the pronoun by
circling your choice.

I Hear My School Singing

SHS Blue Winterguard

I hear _________________________________________ singing, the varied carols I hear.

all girls
different numbers as it should be
each one singing _________________
Those of ______________________,
clear
loud
____________________________
and ____________________________.

only saber
singing (his/hers/theirs) as (he/she/they)
The ________________________
tosses
five
_______________________
(his/her/their) _____________________________

six in the air

or _____________________________.
5 rifles
singing (his/hers/theirs) as
The _________________________________________

their riple
or leaves off
(he/she/they) makes ready for _________________________,
the floor for the flags
_________________________.
6 flags
singing what belongs to (him/her/them) in (his/her/their)
The ____________________

silks of there flags

silks
____________________,
the ________________________
singing on

toss
the________________________.
3 instructures
singing as (he/she/they) sits on (his/her/their)
The ___________________________

entire guard
chairs
______________________,
the _______________________
singing
perform there entire show
(his/hers/theirs) as (he/she/they) _______________________
guards name
audience
The _______________________________
song, the ____________________s
on
room
or at
(his/her/their) way in the ___________________,

the other guards

how good they performed.
____________________
or at __________________.
parents
cheerful
singing of the_______________________,
or of the young
The ______________________

other schools
parents
older children
children
______________ at _______________,
or of the _______________ or
other parents
_______________.
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else.

that

winners SHS Blue guard

big trophy
what belongs to the _________________________
The __________________________

midnight
winners
the _____________________
of
at _____________________
the night go have fun
_____________________.
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.