End of the year thoughts from 7th and 8th grade students

I asked students in both 7th and 8th grade orchestra to write a short poem about one of three topics related to orchestra class: write about a specific piece of music we played, write about a goal that they worked on during the year, or write about orchestra class in general. The poetic form I asked them to use is called a cinquain. The poem uses one word in the first line, two words in the second line, three words in the third line, four words in the fourth line, and one word in the last line. Some of the students also gave their poem a title. Here is a selection of poems on each of the three topics. I think it is a great way to end the school year.

Poems about a piece of music


Brandenburg Concerto
Daniel Rau

Moving
Tricky fingerings
Fast paced rhythms
Hard to keep tempo
Fun


Russian Sailor’s Dance
Rachel Guenther

Ballet
Red Poppy
sfz, chromatics, poco a poco
Are some musical terms
Fun


Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Marlee Rolfsmeyer

Complicated
Very fun
Lots of practice
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Amazing


Brandenburg
Erica Whittenberger

Fast
Hard challenging
Fun quick advanced
Bouncing
Cool old famous
Skillful



Poems about orchestra class


Orchestra
Ada Lam

Interesting
Learning Communities
Word Wall Vocabulary
Very Helpful New Technique
Knowledge


Mariah Martin

Orchestra
Key signature
Tempo, volume, sound
Violin, viola, cello, bass
Music


Rachel Hughes

Orchestra
Come everyday
So much fun
Violin, viola, cello, bass
Musical!


Maya Irvin-Vitela

Loud
Music Filled
Rough and Smooth
Through thick and thin
Music


Jess Kutz

Challenging
Fun, interesting
Best, cool, music
Sweet, inspiring, viola, practice
Amazing


Orchestra
Lauren Wysocky

Interesting
Fun challenging
A new language
Different things to learn
Enjoyable


Orchestra 08-09
Cosette Sommers

Together
Working hard
Practicing our vibrato
Playing Ahlan Sabay Alfarah
Together


Mickala Hardy

Fun
Awesome teacher
Bagel days yummy
Creative best class period
Orchestra


Orchestra
Lizzy Temte

Smooth
Smooth, lovely
Harmony melody perfect
Flowing notes all together
Japanes Lullaby


Cordel Weber

Fun
Really fun
Really really fun
Really really really fun
Sleep!

Emily Forster

Orchestra
Playing music
Lots of fun
The bagel parties rock!
Instruments


Danielle Rockwell

Awesome
Worked hard
Fun in class
Built may new skills
Wonderful


Scout Harrison

Orchestra
Beautiful music
My favorite class
Learning cool new things
Fun


08-09 Orchestra Class
Taylor Anderson

Educational
Very fun
Mrs. Buehl rocks
My place to be
Amazing


Danielle Slusser

Orchestra
Fun times
Where I belong
I will always remember…
Orchestra


Orchestra
Greta Greisinger

Orchestra
Fun times
Learning a lot
Getting bagels after concerts
Memorable


Lisa Johnson

Bagels
Asiago, cinnamon
So many choices
Now time for cream chesse
Yum


Farewell to 8th grade orchestra
Sarah Kutz

Orchestra
Strings resounding
Beautiful polyphonic sounds
I’ll miss this class
Goodbye.


Emily Johnson

Orchestra
Cool music
Mrs. Buehl rocks!
Candy for your birthday
Orchestra



Poems about a goal

Reading Notes
Allie Greene

Hard
Brain hurts
Talk to Mrs. Buehl
Flash cards BIG help
Easier

My Goals
Danielle Wagner

Goal
Be louder
When I play
Use a longer bow
Relax


Goals
Brooke Debroux

Vibrato
Loose, relaxed
Learned new techniques
Worked on good exercises
Improved


Maddie Vogt

Vibrato
Is impossible
How can you
Move that ridiculously fast?
Crazy