1. Writer’s Workshop Launching– Day 4
Teaching Point: Narrative Writers understand how poetry is used to reveal and express themselves in a manner that connects to the world around them.
Active Engagement: Today we will be responding to a poem and noticing how a poem on a “regular” place can make a connection to the audience.
Independent Practice: Make a list of 20 regular, everyday people, places, or things that could be topics for poetry. Turn and talk to your elbow partner about the items you listed. Then, write a poem about one of the topics in your list in the same style as Ronald Wallace.
Students will need Writer’s Notebooks
You Can’t Write a Poem About McDonald’s by Ronald Wallace
Overhead/Chart of What Poetry Can Do