Poetry Friday, Week 39: Poetry Play, Playing with Pantoum

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Matt at Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme is hosting Poetry Friday this week. 
Last week, I was in Mrs. Fisher's fourth grade class.  We did the "I Come From" poems like last week and I'll share in the next few weeks.  

We also had time to "Poetry Play: Playing with Pantoums".  I had five table teams make word tickets for four fall categories: Activities, Feelings, Colors, and Foods.

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Then each table team wrote two sentences, one from a category that I randomly chose for them.

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I Wrote All the Sentences on Strips.

Then as a class, we gathered around and decided the order. 

​I made a suggestion to add "In Fall" on some of the sentences.

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We then took a look at the order and we decided that switched the first two lines would help the flow, we also took out some extra words.

Here is the finished poem:

​In Fall: A Pantoum
By Mrs.Fisher’s Fourth Graders

In fall, I sit in the leaves and drink warm apple juice
​Go into a corn maze, then jump into leaves on a farm
I love seeing the r- orange and yellow leaves
In fall, I feel gloomy about the cold weather that‘s coming 

Go into a corn maze, then jump into leaves on a farm
I turn on the fire and I feel cozy and warm
In fall, I feel gloomy about the cold weather that‘s coming 
So I get all cozy and warm

I turn on the fire and I feel cozy and warm
In fall, I love making turkey crafts
So I get all cozy and warm
I fell into a room of chicken pie, some apple juice in the corner of my eye

In fall, I love making turkey crafts
Me and my family love making sticky chicken for Thanksgiving dinner
I fell into a room of chicken pie, some apple juice in the corner of my eye
Some people eat pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving and some people don’t

Me and my family love making sticky chicken for Thanksgiving dinner
I love seeing the r-orange and yellow leaves
Some people eat pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving and some people don’t
In fall, I sit in the leaves and drink warm apple juice

​Are You Ready for Spooky Season?

Stay tuned! Did you have fun with Spring's Classic Found Poem Palooza? You are invited to another found poem spectacular palooza, spooky version.  Do you have a favorite horror or scary book, poem or story?  Maybe a Poe, a HP Lovecraft, Dracula or Frankenstein? 

It doesn't need to be long.  From The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe:

​uplifted my eyes to
decayed trees
shaking from my spirit

On October 27, 2023, I will feature a Padlet with a Spooky Season Found Poem.  Stay Tuned.