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Poem Writing Prompts by Genre for Elementary Poets

Poem Writing Prompts by Genre for Elementary Poets preview
Poem Writing Prompts by Genre for Elementary Poets preview

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Poetry Writing Prompts cover showing fanned prompt sheets led by Write a Quatrain Poem and a girl writing in a notebook
Title page for a set of poem-form prompts
How to Use This Resource note: print the prompts for independent writing, optionally after a class talk on topic or style
Teacher notes on when and how to hand out the prompts
Poetry Writing intro: defines poetry as creative writing using meaning, sound, rhythm and rhyme, and notes its many forms
Read-aloud background before students try any poem form
Write a 5 Senses Poem: students write one line per sense, modeled by a popcorn example of sight, sound, smell, touch, taste
Sensory-detail warm-up for descriptive writing
Write a Haiku Poem: students write three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables, often about nature, after a robins example
Syllable-counting practice with a nature focus
Write a Cinquain Poem: students follow a 1-2-3-4-1 word pattern per line, modeled by a five-line poem about snow
Word-count pattern task; works well for a winter theme
Write a Clerihew Poem: students write four lines with the first ending in a name and two rhyming pairs, as in My cat Jane
Humorous rhyming-couplet practice
Write a Quatrain Poem: students compose a four-line rhyming stanza, following an example about a ship rising on the sea
Introduce rhyme schemes with a single stanza
Write a Quatrain Poem with 2 Stanzas: students extend a rhyming poem to eight lines, modeled by a two-stanza ladybug story
Follow-up for building longer poems from stanzas
Write a Free Verse Poem: students pick any topic and write with no set rhyme or length, after an example about a sunset
Choice prompt for when students are ready to drop form rules
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About This Product

These easy writing prompts are super helpful! Each page focuses on a type of poetry with a brief description of that types characteristics and an example poem. These worksheets are a great way to add to your lessons without adding to your workload!

 

How To Use This:

The beauty of these prompts is they are so simple to use! Just print and hand out to your students! You can choose to use them as you study each type of poetry or allow your students to choose which type of poetry they want to work on. Each prompt has details about that type of poetry and an example poem if they need a nudge or to see it in action. These are great for subs, homework, early finishers, or just as supplemental work during a poetry unit.

 

What You Get:

- 10 poetry writing prompts (one set with regular lines and one set with primary guided lines)

- And extra lined page in case of a lengthy writer!

- Anchor Chart about poetry

- Booklet for students to create each genre of poems

 

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