Build With Your Words-Read and Write Poetry

We will read three different poems, as listed below and analyze and discuss them. We will brainstorm ideas on how to write poetry with similar themes and feelings as the ones we read in class. Then the students have one week to write their poems to share in class.

The poems we will read and write are: 

August by Tove Jansson from The  Summer Book and write a poem about the changing seasons

Since Hannah Moved Away by Judith Viorst and use imagery to show emotions ( for example, happiness is a cup of hot cocoa with whipped cream or sadness fades the colors in the world)

Foot Falls by Sharon Creech and use the rhythm of sound to write about movement. 

This is the schedule. 

Class 1: Read and discuss August by Tove Jansson and brainstorm ideas

Class 2: Everyone shares their poems, and we give feedback 

Class 3: Read and discuss Since Hannah Moved Away by Judith Viorst and brainstorm ideas

Class 4: Everyone shares their poems, and we give feedback 

Class 5: Read and discuss Foot Falls by Sharon Creech and brainstorm ideas

Class 6: Everyone shares their poems, and we give feedback 

The poems can be found online.