Process
- A skinny poem has only 11 lines!
- The first and last lines are the only lines with multiple words.
- Lines 2-10 are each one word only.
- Line 2, 6, and 10 are each the same word!
- Line 11 uses the same words as line 1, but it can be rearranged for your purposes.
I made a table to number my lines on one side and wrote my poem on the other. As you'll see, I wrote about watching a student who wasn't reading during reading time. The image stayed with me because I'm always trying to figure out how to help students sink into their books.
Consider the image you want to write about and describe the situation in the first line. From there, skinny it on out! You may link a series of skinny poems together for a longer poem.
Happy writing,
AB
Thanks to Ethical ELA for many of the prompts I'm adapting for my students this month.
He loves fishing
ReplyDeleteHook.
Line
Sinker
Waiting
Hook
Tense
Anticipating
For
Hook
Fishing he loves
HOOK was such a great word to use as your repeated word!I hope you got to fish this weekend!
DeleteTrying something new
ReplyDeleteMistake
Fixing
Itself
another
Mistake
to
repeat
again
Mistake
Something new to try
This poem is about everyday mistakes. Don't dwell on it for too long. Just as a wise fish once said "Just keep swimming."
Great message. I actually LIKE mistakes! They remind me I'm trying things outside my current realm of expertise :-)
DeleteDancing in the rain
ReplyDeletePain
Beauty
Gracefulness
Bliss
Pain
Stumbling
Drenched
Sadness
Pain
Dancing in the rain
She is tired
ReplyDeletesleeping
past
alarms
beeping
sleeping
from
lack
of
sleeping
tired is she
They are one
ReplyDeleteLost
and
Uncertain
about
Every
Little
Thing
They
Do
Are they one?