Color Poems—Using the Five Senses to Guide Prewriting

Once students experiment with poetry, they learn that they have another outlet for communicating their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. In this lesson, students are asked to think about colors, while imagining what they taste, feel, smell, sound, and look like. They explore sample color poems, as well as imagery and symbolism. Students use their five senses as a prewriting tool to guide their poetry writing before drafting, revising, and publishing their color poem. This lesson is open-ended enough that students can write free-form poetry or follow a provided template to create a color poem.

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Subject(s): English Language Arts

Grade Level(s): 5

Intended Audience: Educators

Suggested Technology: Computer for Presenter

Instructional Time: 50 Minute(s)

Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes

Keywords: poetry, figurative language, writing process

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan, Unit/Lesson Sequence

Instructional Design Framework(s): Writing to Learn

Resource Collection: General Collection

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