Color Poems
Teacher Instructions:
Using the
following instructions and the format prepared for the students,
have the class create color poems:
Student
Instructions:
Think of your
favorite COLOR. You are going to be asked to come up with some
answers to some rather strange questions about your color, so let
your imagination run wild!
Here goes .......
just insert the name of your color in the blanks as you read, and
then try to brainstorm as many answers as you can. Really immerse
yourself in your color! Make it come alive! (brainstorm on a piece
of notebook paper, then use the format page in the materials packet
to work on - do not write on this sheet!)
Brainstorm:
List 1: What
things LOOK (favorite color)?
List 2: What things SOUND (favorite color)?
List 3: What things SMELL (favorite color).?
List 4: How does (favorite color) FEEL?
List 5: What makes YOU FEEL (favorite color)?
List 6: What things TASTE (favorite color)?
List 7: What EXPERIENCES or IDEAS seem (favorite color)?
List 8: Can you think of any (favorite color) PLACES?
Poem Format:
Title ____________________
1. __________ is _____________, _____________ (from list 1)
and ________________ (from list 4).
2. __________ is the taste of ________________ (from list 6).
3. ___________ smells like ________________ and ____________________
(from list 3)
4. ____________ makes me feel _____________ (from list 5)
5. ____________ is the sound of _____________ and _______________
(from list 2)
6. ______________ is _______________ , _____________________ , and
__________________
(from list 8)
7. ______________ is _______________(from list 7)
8. _____________ is
_________________ (from list 7)
9. _____________ is
_________________ (from any list)
Add lines of your own:
Feel free to change or rearrange any of these ideas. Put your ideas
together in your own way. When you have revised and rearranged,
recopy or type your finished poem.
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