Wisconsin School for the Deaf - The Wisconsin Times Vol. 131 No. 2 Winter 2009-2010 | Page 4

Name Poetry

The crowd cheers on the ice skaters at that big race.

Hans proceeded to offer the money he was going to use to
purchase his skates to help pay for the operation. Because of
Hans’s gesture, the doctor agreed to help the father for free,
allowing Hans to purchase the skates needed for the race. During
the race, Hans’s friend fell, and instead of crossing the finish
line and winning the race, he went back to help his friend. In
the end, the importance of friendship and sportsmanship were
emphasized.
The night ended with performances from various groups.
Rhythm club students performed a comical rendition of “Blue
Christmas” by Elvis Presley, while showing teacher’s pictures
in the background. The elementary ASL club was all decked out
in holiday gear to perform “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
The middle school and high school ASL clubs presented various
holiday ASL poems. Kathryn Harbison and Ginger Aleksinski
shared their rendition of “Jingle Bells” with the audience. Tom
Harbison ended the program by telling the audience the story
“Twas the Night Before Christmas.” The night concluded with a
visit from the one and only Santa Claus, who passed out gifts to
all of the good little girls and boys.

Students in the 4th and 5th grade computers class studied the
art of creating name poems, using their own names or that of a
famous person, to visually describe their personalities, talents, and
traits. Creative and dramatic vocabulary words and pictures were
emphasized. Above, Briana Robertson examines the layout and
animation of her name poem.

Educational ssistant Tom Armato, helps Jon Post design his own name
poem.

Hans, Gretel, and their mother talk about their father’s need for a doctor.

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Wyatt Stoller uses a visual dictionary to
search for new descriptive vocabulary for
his name poem.