Free write Please take the first few minutes of class to write with your non-dominant hand about how...
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Free write Please take the first few minutes of class to write with your non-dominant hand about how you are feeling right now, in this moment. What is on your mind? How does your body feel? What are you bringing to class today?
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Free write
Please take the first few minutes of class to write with your non-dominant hand
about how you are feeling right now, in this moment. What is on your mind? How does your body feel? What are you bringing to
class today?
Free verse poemsLet your creative sides run
wild!
You choose the topic:
Your poem can tell a story, describe a person, animal, feeling or object. It can serious, sad, funny or educational.
It can be a combination of these things or completely different from anything I have written.
No rules!
Elements to consider:• Beginning, middle, and end• Word choice• Punctuation: correct or incorrect? Why?• Length of line: complete sentences? Clauses
only? Enjambment? Visual shape of poem.• Sound: musicality, rhyme, alliteration, and
again, length of lines.
Show, don’t tell: Instead of ¨Sally was very sad,¨ describe what
that sadness looks, feels, sounds like, etc.: ¨Sally dragged her feet across campus, head
down, softly sniffling, her arms crossed tightly across her body.¨
• Descriptive language, active verbs, simile, metaphor, personification.
