WritingFix: Poetry Prompts and 6-Trait Poetry Lessons

Poetry: WritingFix's Prompt & Lesson Categories (Click on a category below to be taken to that collection)
Right-Brained Poetry Prompts	Left-Brained Poetry Prompts
Poetry Lessons inspired by Picture Books	Poetry Lessons inspired by Chapter Books
Poetry Lessons inspired by Poetry "Classics"	Poetry Lessons inspired by Modern Poetry
Poetry Lessons Inspired by Song Lyrics
Right-Brained Poetry Prompts
Serendipitous Simile Generator Serendipitous Personification Generator Serendipitous Poetic Phrases	Found Poems (Undergoing revision) Ransom Note Poetry (Undergoing revision)

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Left-Brained Poetry Prompts
Simple Formula Poems: Dueling Acrostic Poems Dueling Haikus The Diamante The Cinquain	Harder Formula Poems: The Villanelle (Undergoing revision) The Italian Sonnet (Undergoing revision) The English Sonnet (Undergoing revision) The Sestina (Undergoing revision)

Four Original Left-Brained Poetry Prompts from WritingFix:
The Conversation Poem (Undergoing revision) Writing Original Lyrics to a Classical Tune (Undergoing revision)	The [Blank] Years Ago Poem (Undergoing revision) Start & Stop Poetry (Undergoing revision)
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Poetry Lessons Inspired by Picture Books
Lesson title: Four Metaphor Poems Lesson's Mentor Text: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox Focus Trait: Idea Development Support Trait: Word Choice Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.	Lesson title: Emotion & Colorful Days Lesson's Mentor Text: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss Focus Trait: Idea Development Support Trait: Word Choice Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
Lesson title: Haiku Riddles Lesson's Mentor Text: If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky Focus Trait: Word Choice Support Trait: Idea Development Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.	Lesson title: Ain't Gonna Rain No More Lesson's Mentor Text: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency Support Trait: Word Choice Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
Lesson title: Animals Not to [Verb] with... Lesson's Mentor Text: Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll by Karin Ireland Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency Support Trait: Word Choice Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.	Lesson title: Impersonating Great Poets Lesson's Mentor Text: Science Verse by Jon Scieszka Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency Support Trait: Idea Development Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
Lesson title: School Song Parodies Lesson's Mentor Text: Take Me Out of the Bathtub and other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency Support Trait: Idea Development Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.	Lesson title: Hubris at the Bat Lesson's Mentor Text: Casey at the Bat, original poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Illustrations by Christopher Bing Focus Trait: Organization Support Trait: Idea Development Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
Lesson title: Ballads about Family Lesson's Mentor Text: Family Reunion by Mary Quattlebaum Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency Support Trait: Word Choice Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.	Lesson title: Between Repeated Lines Lesson's Mentor Text: Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers by Mary Quattlebaum Focus Trait: Idea Development Support Trait: Organization Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
Lesson title: What If Poems: Lesson's Mentor Text: What If... by Regina J. Williams Focus Trait: Word Choice Support Trait: Idea Development Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
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Poetry Lessons Inspired by Chapter Books
Lesson title: Nature Poetry Lesson's Mentor Text: Woodsong by Gary Paulsen Focus Trait: Voice Support Trait: Word Choice Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.	Lesson title: Writing a Backwards Poem Lesson's Mentor Text: Holes by Louis Sachar Focus Trait: Word Choice Support Trait: Sentence Fluency Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
Lesson title: So Much Depends Upon... Lesson's Mentor Text: Love That Dog by Sharon Creech Focus Trait: Voice Support Trait: Word Choice Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.	Lesson title: Just Because Poems Lesson's Mentor Text: Lord of the Flies by William Golding Focus Trait: Voice Support Trait: Idea Development Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
	Lesson title: A Poem for Two Voices for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Lesson's Mentor Text: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Focus Trait: Idea Development Support Trait: Voice Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
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Poetry Lessons Inspired by the "Classics" from Poetry
Lesson title: Little Toy Friends (or tales my teddy bear never told me) Lesson's Mentor Text: Robert Louis Stevenson's poem, "The Dumb Soldier" Focus Trait: Idea Development Support Trait: Voice Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.	Lesson title: Poems of Apology Lesson's Mentor Text: William Carlos Williams' poem, "This is Just to Say" Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency Support Trait: Idea Development Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
Lesson title: Nashing the Animals Lesson's Mentor Text: Various short poems by Ogden Nash Focus Trait: Word Choice Support Trait: Idea Development Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.	Lesson title: So Much Depends Upon... Lesson's Mentor Text: William Carlos Williams' poem, "The Red Wheelbarrow" Focus Trait: Idea Development Support Trait: Sentence Fluency Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
Lesson title: Four Ways of Looking at __ Lesson's Mentor Text: Wallace Steven's poem, "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" Focus Trait: Idea Development Support Trait: Sentence Fluency Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.	Lesson title: Serendipitous Personification Lesson's Mentor Text: "The Railway Train" by Emily Dickinson and "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer Focus Trait: Word Choice Support Trait: Idea Development Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
Lesson title: HATE to LOVE Sonnets Lesson's Mentor Text: "Shall I compare Thee..." sonnet by Wm. Shakespeare Focus Trait: Word Choice Support Trait: Conventions Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.	Lesson title: Poems of Condition Lesson's Mentor Text: "If" by Rudyard. Kipling Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency Support Trait: Idea Development Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
Lesson title: How Do I Love Sonnets Lesson's Mentor Text: Sonnet #43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency Support Trait: Word Choice Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources.
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Poetry Lessons Inspired by Modern Poetry
For Summer of 2008, we will be creating our first collection of lessons inspired by modern day poetry. Please check back with us soon!

Poetry Lessons Inspired by Song Lyrics
Lesson Title: Quest Item Poetry Lesson Overview: Using Jim Croce's "I've Got a Name" and two stories from Greek mythology as inspiration, students plan a poem about being on life's journey. While Croce sings about three unique items he takes on his journey through life (a name, a song, and a dream), students will brainstorm original items to take with them, and they will write about these items using poetic techniques. Click the title or album cover above to be taken to the entire lesson on-line.	Lesson Title: One Minute in Time Lesson Overview: Using The Cure's "10:15 on a Saturday Night" as inspiration, students create a free-verse poem about the minute before something happens. Student poems, like The Cure's song, will use onomatopoeia. Click the title or album cover above to be taken to the entire lesson on-line.
Lesson Title: Boogie Woogie with a B Lesson Overview: After discussing both the word choice and the patriotic tones of the Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," students create new songs (sung to the same tune) that speak of other WWII patriotic characters. Click the title or album cover above to be taken to the entire lesson on-line.	Lesson Title: What Else is Love? Lesson Overview: Using Benatar's "Love is a Battlefield" as inspiration, students create an original metaphor about love being something other than what it is. The metaphor is extended and unpacked for interesting details. These details become a free verse poem. Click the title or album cover above to be taken to the entire lesson on-line.
Lesson Title: With Your Own Two Hands Lesson Overview: Using Ben Harper''s "With My Own Two Hands" as inspiration, students create a free-verse poem about their optimistic or pessimistic feelings about being able to change the world. Click the title or album cover above to be taken to the entire lesson on-line.	Lesson Title: Color my World Grey and Blue Lesson Overview: After listening to the song “Grey Street” by the Dave Matthews Band, students will explore the lyrics and discover what role color can play when combined with a setting. Students will choose their own color and setting on which to write their own free verse poem or song. Click the lesson title or the image to be taken to the entire lesson on-line.
Lesson Title: Ain't That America Lesson Overview: John Mellencamp's song "Pink Houses" focuses on conflicts such as racism, poverty and shattered Amerifcan dreams. For this assignment, students will re-write the song's lyrics, incorporating conflicts from literature they are reading, history they are studying, or conflicts an original character they create might be having. Click the lesson title or the image to be taken to the entire lesson on-line.
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