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To create a playful poem, you can: • use a repeated opening line, e.g. In the cave of curiosity, I created… • use a place + abstract or magical noun • tell the reader what you created, saw, found, noticed, watched, discovered, uncovered, etc • list three or four ideas for each verse • play with alliteration, e.g. an angry ant
For this activity, everyone will work together as a class to practice identifying concrete and abstract nouns in the poem “Dewdrops” by Myra Viola Wilds. Project the poem so that students can follow along as you read the poem aloud.
Senses Poems. Poems. can see a rainbow, glowing through the rain. can see the people in a speeding train. can see quite close up, I can see quite far. can see forever when I see a star. can smell the raindrops, falling on the grass. can smell the paint and paper in my art class. can smell a bad smell, also something good.
5 lut 2017 · The activity asks pupils to create a poem about kindness using their senses. It asks them to think about how they can describe kindness (an abstract noun) using adjectives, adverbs and nouns (extending to using similes, metaphors and personification).
“Abstract Nouns Made Concrete” Poem. Select an abstract noun from the list given, or make up one of your own. Then define it with a specific, concrete image or activity. Repeat the abstract word at the beginning of each complete sentence (not necessarily each line, but maybe each stanza).
Senses. 1. What’s the word? Write the word under the pictures. see. touch smell. hear. whisper. bubble. rose. taste scream. supporter. lime. tongue. see. 2. Choose the answer! Listen to the poem. Circle the one that doesn’t belong. a. I can see. . a rainbow / a whisper / people in a train / a star. b. I can smell.
Examples of Sensory Poems (10 minutes): Share examples of poems that focus strongly on one sense. Here’s a simple example for each: Sight “The sun, a golden disc, Paints the sky in pastel hues, Clouds like cotton candy Float in seas of blue.” Sound “Leaves rustle and whisper, Wind chimes sing their song, A dog’s distant barking
