A Picture Book Poetry Lesson from WritingFix
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crafting a poem about the wind, modeled after Listen to the Rain.

The writing of author Bill Martin Jr. is currently inspiring student writers to try new techniques with the traits of word choice and organization.

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Student Sample Being Sought: Early Elementary

WritingFix is currently seeking a K-3rd grade student's sample from this writing assignment that can be featured in this space. Submitted student work must show evidence of revision, editing, and the final draft must be typed and sent through e-mail. Teachers: if you can help us obtain up to three student samples, along with a digital photo of the students and a signed permission slips, we will send you either a complimentary copy of the Northern Nevada Writing Project's Elementary Writing Guide, or you may choose from any of our NNWP publications. Writing written as a class or in student groups is always acceptable.

Write to us at publish@writingfix.com and use 'Listen to the Rain' in your e-mail's subject line, if you have a student sample to share with us.

Student Sample: Upper Elementary

Listen to the Wind
by Carmen, fourth grade poet

Listen to the wind
The dancing of the wind
The fluff powdered tickle
The swish-swoosh tap
The first wet whistles of the wind

Listen to the wind
The squint of the wind
The color crick-crack
The wheel and stir and flow
The dark bites
The rush of the wind

Listen to the wind
The storming, crashing wind
The pushy, whooshy
Flapping, Spinning
The heavy screeching claws of wind
The wrestling-pouncing
Screaming-grasps

Scolded walloped clutching wind
Leaving all outdoors a mess
A shrieking-ugly-howling mess

Listen to the quietness
The lovely and the silence
Of after-wind
The drop, drop, drip

The slowly, slowly, stopping
The breezy
Waltz
Silent
After-time
Of wind

(Click here to view/print Carmen and two of her classmates' poems.)

Student Sample: Middle School

WritingFix is currently seeking a 7th or 8th grade student's sample from this writing assignment that can be featured in this space. Submitted student work must show evidence of revision, editing, and the final draft must be typed and sent through e-mail. Teachers: if you can help us obtain up to three student samples, along with a digital photo of the students and a signed permission slips, we will send you either a complimentary copy of the Northern Nevada Writing Project's Secondary Writing Guide, or you may choose from any of our NNWP publications.

Write to us at publish@writingfix.com and use 'Listen to the Rain' in your e-mail's subject line, if you have a student sample to share with us.

Student Sample Being Sought: High School

WritingFix is currently seeking a 9th - 12th grade student's sample from this writing assignment that can be featured in this space. Submitted student work must show evidence of revision, editing, and the final draft must be typed and sent through e-mail. Teachers: if you can help us obtain up to three student samples, along with a digital photo of the students and a signed permission slips, we will send you either a complimentary copy of the Northern Nevada Writing Project's Secondary Writing Guide, or you may choose from any of our NNWP publications.

Write to us at publish@writingfix.com and use 'Listen to the Rain' in your e-mail's subject line, if you have a student sample to share with us.

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