2. Ideas forusingpoems in class
Reading poems:
Read a puzzle fromthepoem and studentssolveit.
GiveSssomesentences/ phrasesfromthepoem and askthemto complete
themwiththirownmetaphors, images, ideas,
Predict ideas, opinion in a poem
Brainstorm and discussthefeelings/storythat lie behind a poem
Do a picturedictation: describe thescene in thepoem and Ssdraw a
picture. At theendthey compare pictures and readthepoem,
decidingwhoisclosesttothe original.
3. Poemsabout Spring
4. 5. Writingpoems
Finishmypoem. Theteacherprovides a nearly complete poemwithpartsto
complete.
Alterations. GiveSs a publishedpoem, theycopyitwith a number of
alterations.
Whentheyreaditaloudtheotherteamsmustguesswhatisnotfromthe
original.
Acrostics: try outsomedifferentpoeticformssuch as acrostics, a
funwaytostartpeoplewriting.
Wakeningthesenses. Theteachergives a series of
instructionsthataskSsto look, listen, noticewhatisaroundthem and
withinthem. Each line iswritten as balddescription. AfterwardsSsgo
back and poemify it.
6. Somepoeticformstoexperimentwith
Couplets
Alphabetics
Spinepoems
Endings
Samewords
Haiku
Diamontes
Limeriks
Sonnets
7. 8. BLACK AND WHITE
9. Whatsthis? Whatsthat?
Changethe original
10. SIMPLE POEMS
SUMMER
Hot days
Cold ice cream
Yellowsand
Blue water
Big waves
Small fish
NAME POEMS
Shelikesplants
Animals
Red roses
And
High places
IN THE GARDEN
Onedog sleeping in thesun
Twocatswashingtheirears
Threechildrenplaying in thegrass
Fourmothersdrinking tea
Fivetreeswithgreenleaves
Sixbutterfliesflying in thesky
Sevenclothesonthe line
Eightbirds in a tree
Nineclouds full of rain
Ten flowerswithyellowheads.
MIR
11. Otherexamples
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