Poetry Friday, Week 40: Getting Back in the Classroom for Poetry

 Thanks to Linda at TeacherDance for hosting Poetry Friday this week. she begins the weekend with Halloween fun.

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I felt like I was riding a bike with training wheels last Friday.  I was asked to sub for a teacher at my former school.  The last time I subbed for this teacher it was in first grade.  He now teaches fifth grade. Many of his first graders are in his class and were they excited to know that we would write poems.

I decided to try Ekphratic poems.  Using the photo fromMargaret's post and Lee Bennet Hopkins book, WORLD MAKE WAY: New Poems Inspired by Art from the Metropolitan Museum, and a couple of my own photos, we dove it.

I shared Irene Latham's "This is the Hour" from the book and Lee Bennet Hopkins poem and "Endgame".  We also talked about what we noticed on the Dragonfly wing photo as well as the two photos below.  I then provided some scaffolding for creating a poem and let the students choose. Students took to the "Why" poem format that Margaret recently used with students

Cooper asked to write his own poem after he wrote one for one of the photos.  He said he wants to be a writer.
 I think he understand line breaks.



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I revised with students using Padlet.  Did you know that you can print from Padlet?  That was my new learning last week. 
​Xavier wanted to write his own poem.  He and I worked together as he read his poem as I wrote it down.
Please note:  Ellie's poem needs a revision but I have not heard back on a couple questions I have for her.