1. Write a Poetry Hides Poem Objectives: –To generate ideas concerning where poetry is found and use those ideas to create a poem. –To use descriptive language and details to describe where poetry hides. Focusing Question: –Where, in everyday life, can you find ideas for a poem? http://www.writingmatters.org Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary

2. Mini Lesson Poets find inspiration for their work in many different and often unusual places. Think about the read-aloud poem. Write down where the poet finds ideas. Note the interesting and unusual places poetry hides for your teacher. Think about where poetry hides for you. See the Poetry Hides Section of the Poetry Packet (Handout 1.1a) Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary

3. Writer’s Work Time 1.Title a page in your writer’s notebook with the words “Poetry Hides.” 2.Create a list of eight to ten places where poetry hides for you. 3.Review your list and star one or two items that you can expand and deepen in your poem. 4.Turn some of your ideas into a poem. Be sure to tie your lines and stanza together with an effective ending. Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary

4. Where have our classmates found ideas for poems? What elements should a “poetry hides” poem contain? –Details on unusual and ordinary places where poetry is found –Vivid descriptions that paint a picture for the reader –An ending that unifies all the lines in the poem. Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary