Writing Feelings Poetry about Emotions with Elementary Students

Hello friends,

Poetry is one of my favourite writing genres to teach. But how can we support students to write quality poetry? And something that is new and different from the same old, same old.
My secret is this.
When you find a poem you like, analyse it. What has the author done? There is always a pattern that is identifiable.
Over the years I have had great success by using this method and I am always impressed by the strength and variety that my students deliver.

Poetry is a great way to start the year because it really looks closely at language choices. Also its a  fun way to close out the year as well.

I have started compiling my poetry strategies into units that make it easy-peasy for you too.

 

Emotion Poems is my first unit.  This is one type of poetry I have used when exploring feelings and emotions with my students. It's a great way to help children understand that we need to talk about our feelings, to own them and to understand them, when you address the topic through writing. 

To understand that we all have feelings and we may not feel the same about things or experiences as someone else, is helpful.

Emotion poems pair an emotion with a colour and then analyse it through the senses, using similes. All steps are clearly laid out and student graphic organisers have been created to make it easier for younger students. 

Of course UK and US spelling has been accommodated where needed on these. Share the presentation up on on your large screen, so that your students to follow easily .

Perhaps even model the process by writing your own poem, alongside your students. 

This 28 page unit is available from my TPT store - One Teacher's Journey - HERE

and also from my website - Help Me Learn - HERE

Many teachers have enjoyed using this resource and I hope your enjoy writing poetry with your students too :)

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ "I was amazed at the depth and quality of work that students produced when I used this. Amazing! The best result was the pride they had in what they achieved!"

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ "After teaching my poetry unit, I felt that I need an assessment piece that would demonstrate what students had learnt. I explicitly taught each and step of the feeling poem template and all students produced a wonderful poem that I made into a class book. This is such a wonderful resource."

Thank you for visiting,

Timea