All of my teacher buddies probably know that April is Poetry Month. In an effort to find new poetry books to share with my students, I just read a book called Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word. It is so cool! It is a mix between poetry, word play, and a puzzle. The words in each poem contain only the letters found in the title.
Warning to all: It will make you want to write your own!
Here's mine:
Get it?
reading
grin
and
read
dear
This would be such a neat poetry writing assignment!
Back in December, I posted about writing Found Poetry. We did another Found Poetry assignment last week. I challenged some of my higher students to write their Found Poems displaying character traits for the main character in their chosen books. One student wrote an AWESOME Found Poem inspired by the book Moses. I didn't bring the poem home with me, but when I get back from break I will be posting it for you all to read. It is amazing! When sharing on Thursday, another student commented, "Wow! That gave me chills!" If you haven't tried Found Poetry in your classrooms and would like to, please contact me if you have any questions! The students really enjoy it and it is a nice change from the common acrostics and cinquains!
That WOULD be a neat poetry idea! Thanks for sharing!!!
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