Preliminaries:
Sign In
Enter the Door Prize Drawing (notebook, pens, and highlighters to further encourage teens to practice the art of poetry)
Agenda:
Handout Book Spine Poetry Defined & 4 Steps to Success Sheets (from Travis Jonker's post on the ALSC Blog)
Handout Notebook Paper & Pencils
Show the teens a picture of my book spine poem
Remind them not to forget picture books and nonfiction books when composing their poems.
Release them into the stacks.
After they create one or two poems, let them use the books everyone has pulled thus far to create new poems.
Take pictures of the poems they create.
Refreshments!
Display:
Poetry Books
Verse Novels
Poetry Writing Books (Immersed in Verse)