Use 48 pictures to teach 12 poetic forms and inspire your students to write over 500 possible poem combinations. Each poetic form includes a definition and original sample poem. Choose which form and which picture you want your students to use, or let the Poetry Starter randomly choose for you. We've included the following forms: acrostic, cinquain, concrete, diamante, free verse, haiku, limerick, pantoum, sestina, sonnet, tanka, and villanelle. We've even included a form we've made up -- see if your students can find it!

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Reviews (3)

  

Novel Guides

, Feb 24 2009 5:35PM
By Maria Johnson

What a great thing. My class LOVES this. It's especially beneficial for the student who could never before think of something to write about. A real contribution to the educational world. THANKS!

Pros -

A great prompt.

Cons -

I wish that every photo came with an example.

  

Electronic Poetry Starter

, Aug 11 2009 3:18PM
By Alesha Pritchard

Wow! My class loves this. They are excited to see what crazy picture they will write about. They are also amazed about how many poems can be written about "The Green Door."

Pros -

It motivates students to write poetry about everyday objects. As a teacher it is wonderful to read so many diverse poems about one picture.

  

Poetry Starter

, Oct 5 2009 3:24PM
By Dave Johnson

The class LOVES how an example of every form of poetry is provided using the exact same photo of the green door. This is clever and useful. Having an example using multiiple photos would not be nearly as impactful, as this shows the class that any type of poem can use written on any topic. GREAT!!