Examples- letter, report, essay, poem, details within a piece of writing (headings, subheadings, rhyme scheme, parallel structure, etc.)
Poem Activities-
-Poem #1- Concrete (a poem whose words create the picture of the object or idea the poem is about)
Using your Hershey Kiss sensory list from last class, create a poem. Then take those words and write them in the shape of a Hershey Kiss.
Example- What did you write for "hear"?
I hear crinkling tinfoil.
- Turn that into the first line of your poem (less is more)
crinkling tinfoil
OR
(add alliteration)
crinkling crunchy tinfoil
*Use each sensory description and turn it into a line or two for your poem
- Bell Share
Share you poem each time I ring the bell (trade journals)
- Poem #2- Imagery Poem
Using your freewrite from the picture you wrote about yesterday, create a 10 line poem. It can rhyme, but does not have to.
Example- The sunset is orange and pink.
pinkish orange sunset
OR
(add personification)
pinkish orange sunset jealous of the rising moon
* Minimum 10 lines
Share your poem each time I ring the bell (trade journals)
- Poem #4- Advocacy/Statement Poem (different tone)
Using your freewrite from the "word" you chose last class, write a poem about your word.
Example- Fear is not knowing or being scared of trying.
Fear
not knowing
scared to try
** Minimum 10 lines
Share your poem each time I ring the bell.