Easy Poetry Formats
| AGES | 7-12 |
| FORMAT | Individual |
| MATERIALS NEEDED | Per person: a piece of paper and pencil |
PREPARATION REQUIRED An few examples of the format you choose
ACROSTIC DESCRIPTION
1. Tell the students that they are going to write a poem about
themselves using their name as the base of the poem.
2. Share your acrostic poem:
a. Pointing out your name vertically
b. Signaling how the first letter of each line begins with a
letter from your name
c. Show how each line gives information about you.
3. Let them know that they can do any combination of their first
name, middle name and last name.
4. Allow them time to write.
5. Ask students to share their poems.
HAIKU DESCRIPTION
1. Share a few haiku poems with your students that you have
written.
2. Point out that the only rules are that:
a. The first line have 5 syllables
b. The second line have 7 syllables
c. The third line have 5 syllables
3. Haikus are often about nature, but can be about any topic.
4. Let the students write.
5. Allow students to choose their favorite to decorate and hang up in
the classroom.
LIMERICK DESCRIPTION-For older students
1. Read a few examples of limericks.
2. Write one on the board.
3. Ask students to point out what they notice:
a. 5 lines
b. Lines 1,2 and 5 rhyme
c. Lines 3 and 4 rhyme.
d. There is a particular rhythm to it
i. Lines 1, 2, 5= da-da-daah da-da-daah da-da-daah
ii. Lines 3 and 4= da-da-daah da-da-daah
4. Give them time to write.
5. Share and laugh together.
Chalkboard Hangman
| AGES | 9-18 |
| FORMAT | Whole Group |
| MATERIALS NEEDED | Chalk |
| DURATION | 5-10 minutes |
DESCRIPTION
1. Draw the hangman scaffold on the board.
2. Choose a spelling or vocabulary word from the students’ studies.
3. Write one blank line on the board for each letter in the word.
4. Ask for volunteers to guess a letter in the word.
5. If the word contains the letter, fill that letter into its
corresponding blank(s). Write it as many times as it occurs in the
word.
Example: photosynthesis
If the student guesses “s”, fill in all of the “s”.
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ S ____ ____ ____ ____ ____S ____S
6. If the student guesses a letter that does not appear in the word,
write the letter on the board and add a body part to the victim:
head, body, arms, legs, feet, hands
7. The objective is for a student to guess the word before the last
body part is added and thus the “man” is hung.
VARIATION
1. Allow the student who wins to come to the board and lead the
next round.
VARIATION #2-WALK THE PLANK
1. A student volunteer is brought to the front of the room.
2. Play Hangman as described above, however, every time someone
guesses incorrectly, the volunteer needs to take a step.
3. The “plank” can be the teacher’s desk, a bench, a row of chairs or
just an imaginary plank on the floor.
4. If it is imaginary, create a beginning and an ending
line to be clear when the poor victim falls into the ocean.
Quick Word Scramble
| AGES | 7-18 |
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