Poetry

I decided to focus on poetry for my Desktop Spaces. Kids often have a hard time understanding and enjoying poetry and become frustrated with it. Most have plenty of creativity to create great poems, but without the interest or understanding their poems fall flat. The powerpoints I created were designed to increase interest and help students through writing poetry. The activities would be best used for Elementary (probably best for grades 3-5) due to the simplistic nature. The powerpoints only cover the basics and only ask for simple poems in return.

The first type of poetry I focused on were Haikus. I tried to increase interest by using Harry Potter text that had been turned into Haikus. The Powerpoint explains what a Haiku is, gives examples, shows how to break down the syllables, then has them write their own. Below I have linked my template and example.

Template: Example:

For the second one, I decided to redo the template for a Color Poem. Again the activity explains what a color poem is, what questions to ask while doing them, examples by other students, and then asks them to create their own. Below I have linked to reworked template for a Color Poem