Poetry of the Skies
- Objective:
- Each student writes a poem about outer space or an object in space. Hopefully, this will help excite them about the beauty and magic of what's out there.
- Activity:
- The teacher chooses a form of poetry, such as haiku, cinquain or free verse. (Different types of poetry are listed and briefly explained on the following two pages of this lesson.) Each child writes a poem using that type of poetry. The teacher may choose to tell the students the topic of their poems or let the students choose. (A list of possible topics appears at the bottom of this lesson page.) If appropriate, the child can illustrate her poem.
- Materials:
- For each student:
- pencil and piece of paper
- crayons, markers or other medium if students illustrate poem
- Procedure:
- Teacher explains the type of poetry that is being used.
- Each student is assigned (or chooses) a topic found in space.
- Each child writes her poem.
- If teacher chooses, students can illustrate their poems. This could be a separate lesson, using a special kind of illustration, such as wash, crayon resist, or watercolor.
- The lesson can be extended by having the students read their poems and perhaps have other students guess the object.
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