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CU students host poetry extravaganza at Campbellsville Middle School

CU students host poetry extravaganza at Campbellsville Middle School

By Calen McKinney | 07/25/2017

Toni Pfeifferm, CU student, helps CMS fourth-graders, from left, Mason Fisher, Zeke Harris and Kaleb Miller write their free verse poetry. (Campbellsville Independent School photo by  Calen McKinney)

Toni Pfeifferm, CU student, helps CMS fourth-graders, from left, Mason Fisher, Zeke Harris and Kaleb Miller write their free verse poetry. (Campbellsville Independent School photo by  Calen McKinney)

July 25, 2017
For Immediate Release

By Calen McKinney,

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - Campbellsville Middle School students recently had fun during a special poetry extravaganza event.

Campbellsville University students came to CMS to host the event for fourth- and fifth-graders.

The CU students read to the CMS students and then explained many different types of poetry.

Keilah Coverstone, CU student, teaches CMS fourth-graders about Black Out poetry, which is created by “blacking out” words and letters contained in something already written to write something new. (Campbellsville Independent School photo by  Calen McKinney)
Keilah Coverstone, CU student, teaches CMS fourth-graders about Black Out poetry, which is created by “blacking out” words and letters contained in something already written to write something new. (Campbellsville Independent School photo by  Calen McKinney)

CMS students were asked to write haikus and limericks, along with concrete poems and free verse poems. They also wrote Black Out poetry.

After writing their poems, students illustrated them. They also glued their poems to construction paper and wrote their poetry on paper plates.

CU students attending the event include Cullen Byrne, Samantha Cano, Keilah Coverstone, Ally Cunningham, Savannah Gregory, Kellie Grider, Hannah Harry, Victoria Humphrey, Jordan Ison, Rachel McWilliams, Kasey Savannah Moss, Taylor Ohlmann, Toni Pfeifferm and Miranda Rzendzion.