Using funny animal images to warm students up for writing
Focus: generating ideas, sentences, words, spelling, punctuation, editing
This poem planner can be used to write many different poetry forms. It requires students to consider punctuation and provides sections for them to plan and write a poem. The self-check and partner-check boxes support them to review and celebrate their writing.
Check out The Poetry Book for more great poetry ideas.
Using funny animal images to warm students up for writing
Focus: generating ideas, sentences, words, spelling, punctuation, editing
Using a video to motivate students for writing
Focus: to develop word consciousness, write a factual description, develop note-taking skills or write a report
Using simple props to support oral language development
Focus: retelling known stories
