Yesterday was Remembrance Day. This week we have been talking about the significance of this day, and how we can honour those who have fought so that we can live a free and peaceful life.
The big questions that we discussed were:
Why do we continue to recognize Remembrance Day?
How can we show our respect for those who have fought for us?
Together, we worked on a collaborative poem. After watching a short video, we tried to use our senses to describe what the experience might have been like for the soldiers in World War I. Then we tried to add powerful vocabulary to our poem. This is what we created all together.
We Remember
The smell of the gases of bombs diffusing
The commotion of explosions and people screaming in fear
Heartbroken, soldiers watched their friends collapse to the ground in horror
Feeling terrified and hopeless
Angry for their sacrifice.
Bright, blazing red poppies represent the soldiers
who fought for the freedom we have today.
Thousands of white crosses mark their friends lost in battle
We remember the souls that have passed in war.
~ By Division 9