During the week of May 18-22, students began a poetry unit and displayed their creativity by writing three different types of poems: fury poems, word bowl poems, and object box poems. Students also reviewed the poetic terms simile, metaphor, and personification and discussed why authors would use these forms of figurative language in their writing.
Fury Poems
Sometimes writers produce their strongest work when they write about dark feelings. Students tackled the feeling fury and wrote about things that make them upset. Alarm clocks, uncomfortable classroom chairs, chores, and love suffered the wrath of writers on Team 7-1. While students wrote their fury poems, they pushed themselves to use stronger similes that startle and intrigue readers.
Word Bowl Poems
The challenge of this poem was that students had to create a 15-line poem inspired by 7 words or phrases they randomly selected from the word bowl. Some of the phrases made sense, while others did not. Students understood that the descriptions and images they created didn't always have to make literal sense; they could make poetic sense through the use of similes and metaphors.
Object Box Poems
Students had to dust off their imaginations in order to write an object box poem. Each student was given an object from the object box such as a light bulb, a feather, or a piece of aluminum foil. Students then had to think about what else their object could be. In other words, a light bulb could no longer be a light bulb. In English class this light bulb became a bowling pin, a tear drop, a hot air balloon, or a bright idea. Students then wrote a 15-line poem from the perspective of the object about its dreams, accomplishments, and living environment. Students used personification and strong, active verbs in order to write this poem. The final product was a fun (and well-written) piece of poetry.
Returned Assignments
No graded assignments were returned this week.
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