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Teaching artist will provide all handouts and copies and any additional art materials

Writing paper and pens/pencils

Arranging your classroom with desks or floor space on which to write is recommended.

1. I can think creatively and use all my senses, insights, and cultural awareness to create imagery in an original poem
2. I can write various types of poetry including a prose poem and an ode poem using metaphors, similes and original language
3. I can express myself and relay emotion through my unique voice and creative writing while listening and communicating with my peers

In this program, students will have an opportunity to write various types of poetry based on the classroom's needs. This program can be adapted for different grade and skill levels. Examples of poetry writing exercises are as follows:
In this program, students will have an opportunity to write various types of poetry based on the classroom's needs. This program can be adapted for different grade and skill levels. Examples of poetry writing exercises are as follows: (Sample exercises:)

#1. "Emotion Poems": Students pick a word from a jar full of emotion words such as "fear", "excitement", "disappointment"... They complete a worksheet using all their senses answering questions such as "What color is this word?" and "What does it taste like?"
They use their answers to craft an original poem about the emotion.
We type it up on a typewriter and they use watercolor paints to illustrate their emotion poems.

#2. "Color Poems" Another option is offering paint card samples to the students from which to chose a color. Whether having chosen a color or emotion word, each student will then work to create an original poem based on their words and using all five senses while employing original imagery and unique language

#2. "Figurative Language Poems" Begin by reading aloud a prose poem "Hairs" by Sandra Cisneros and after a short discussion on figurative language, students work together to find all the metaphors and similes in the poem. Using the first line in the piece as a writing prompt, students write their own prose poem starting with "Everybody in my family has different____________"..

After writing and illustratin their poems, students have the opportunity to present their work aloud to the class considering how to best communicate the emotion of their poems through their performance/reading.

Caregivers are always welcome to join in helping to engage individual students in their writing process or even write a poem themselves!