Poetry Palooza!

Spring fever is certainly settling in. What better way to keep the kids' engaged (and practicing their writing skills) than to have a Poetry Palooza!

Poetry creation rotation stations allowed the kids to move around, to share ideas, and to be their best creative-thinking, problem-solving selves all week long.  These learner-centered activities allowed students to apply their knowledge and understanding of literary devices and structural elements of poetry, while having the freedom to wholeheartedly create and enjoy the writing process. Students created a variety of poetry, including blackout poetry, book spine poetry, paint card poetry, flip side poetry, roll-the-dice poetry, newspaper poetry, found poetry, and haiku.  A culmination of the week's activities will result in 'Open Mic Monday', where, students will present their poems orally to the class next week.