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Teacher to Teacher
Bob's Works
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Writing Ideas1) John O'Connor's book, Wordplaygrounds, is full of good ideas. Read the review in the book section of the web site. You might want to buy the book. ISBN 0-8141-5819-62) I often start poetry units with a packet of short accessible poems. For each I have a simple instruction such as "Become an Animal," "Try a story in verse," "Write about your people," "Write something skinny." You can find all of these here.
3) Several teachers I know use first lines to get something started. Here are a few:
4) Bring stuff to class -- old pencil sharpeners, bicycle bells, combs, eye glass cases. Ask students to write a letter TO the object. This could be a love letter, a threatening letter, a letter of inquiry, or anything else. From all of this, a poem just might emerge.
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