Woo Hoo!!!!WRITING POETRY

I will split you into five groups, arrange desks in a circle!!!

Now, on a blank sheet of paper, write down a feeling/ idea. . .you can’t use LOVE!!!

Next to your feeling or emotion, write “is”So mine looks like this right now. . .

FIRST POEM: EMOTIONS POEM

Love is. . .

Now, pass you paper one person to the leftOn the new sheet of paper, write down what the idea/

topic at the top means to youExample:

Keep passing the papers around until every group member has written on your piece of paper

Choose one person from each group to share your poem

EMOTIONS POEM

Love is. . .patient

Poetry comes from the heart It is not meant to be a cliché group of words/ it’s

supposed to tell readers about the author’s view on life

We are going to be doing this activity again, for real this time!

Get out a new piece of paper and write the same emotion/ idea down

When you pass the paper around this time, write something more specific!!!

What you write should be so specific that nobody in this class but you could have written it

THIS, STUDENTS, IS NOT REAL POETRY

EXAMPLE

Love is. . .• Going to Meijer for Sprite and

crackers at three in the morning when my husband has the stomach flu

• My father texting me every night since I left for college to check in on me

Pick any object in my roomConsider the five senses (sight, taste, touch, sound, smell)Address each of these in your poemWe will have some of you share out and try to guess the

objects!!!

FIVE SENSES POEM

It looks like an illuminated carnival.It smells like perfume and smoke.It feels like butterflies in my stomach.It tastes like my first bite of chocolate ever. It sounds like jazz and wind blowing through the trees.

A haiku is a three-line, Japanese nature poemThey have a set number of syllables per line:

First Line: 5 Syllables Second Line: 7 Syllables Third Line: 5 Syllables

Your haiku has to deal with a specific experience YOU had in nature

HAIKU

My Wedding DaySand between my toes

Sun shining on my white dressFlowers in my hair

Poem with five lines: First line: One Word Second Line: Two Words Third Line: Three Words Fourth Line: Four Lines Fifth Line: One Word

Example:

SIMPLE WORD CINQUAIN

How I Read a BookSilence

Comfy CouchDog beside me After a long day

Paradise

Step One: Write a Paragraph About a Nightmare/ Dream you have had in the past

Example:I will unfortunately never forget the nasty nightmare I had about an evil doll. I was in my basement; there were no lights on, so it was extremely dark. I was about to go upstairs, but I tripped and fell. Suddenly, the stairs got even steeper. I tried to get up, but I couldn’t. My legs were weak. Suddenly, this ugly, plastic doll with curly blonde hair and blood red eyes comes walking towards me. She starts speaking in a high-pitched voice, but it soon turns into a devilish, nightmarish growl. I frantically try to fight to get my legs to move. The doll comes closer. As soon as it touches my leg, I jolt awake, sweaty and scared.

DREAM POEM

I will unfortunately never forget the nasty nightmare I had about an evil doll. I was in my basement; there were no lights on, so it was extremely dark. I was about to go upstairs, but I tripped and fell. Suddenly, the stairs got even steeper. I tried to get up, but I couldn’t. My legs were weak. Suddenly, this ugly, plastic doll with curly blonde hair and blood red eyes comes walking towards me. She starts speaking in a high-pitched voice, but it soon turns into a devilish, nightmarish growl. I frantically try to fight to get my legs to move. The doll comes closer. As soon as it touches my leg, I jolt awake, sweaty and scared.

STEP TWO: TAKE WORDS/ PHRASES FROM THIS PARAGRAPH

STEP THREE: USE THESE WORDS TO CREATE YOUR POEM

JoltNasty nightmarish

Dark devilishSuddenly steepFrantically fightSweaty scaredNever forget

Doll

Poem written in the shape of what you are writing about

Example:

CONCRETE POEM