INSTANT POETRY FORM

A few posts ago I introduced you to a place called INSTANT POETRY FORMS. It's got about 35 different templates to help you kids write poetry. I've used two now and I and the kids like it a lot.

I figured out a new twist. First I have the kids go to our class blog THE SKINNY, and read the directions I have left directing them to the site and which poem I want them to take a shot at. By the way, I usually share some examples of that poetry style a few days earlier to get them thinking about what they'd like to write about. After they compose their poems, I have them copy and paste the poems into the comment section of that blog and now they are published authors. I also pick two or three of the most interesting and podcast them. We are in the middle of completing that project now and when we are done I will link to it.

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