Animal Poetry

Animal Poetry

Day 1
Have students create an animal totally out of hearts. Hearts can be folded in half if they need a straight edge, but everything must be a heart. i.e. eyes, feet, antenna, etc. I tell my kids the animal must be one that is living or has lived. No monsters, dragons, or aliens. I also try to get them to do different things. Everyone will want to do a butterfly because it's so easy. Also they can only use three different colors of construction paper. I set out white, red, pink, black, and purple if I have it.

Day 2
Students create a poem to go with their animal. I usually give them a choice of poems to choose from like Diamonte, Cinquain, Asrostic, ABC Poetry, and such. I've got overheads.

Day 3
After I have proof read the poems, we type them. When they print I tell them to cut out the poem and decorate the paper. They could do a border, color the paper, draw pictures around or running through the poem. Some have even cut the poem out in some kind of shape. They turn out cute.
Submitted by: Debbie debjo@email-removed