How to Write Poetry & Stories Grades 4-6 - by VI Clarke & Leona Melnyk (Paperback)

About the Book

12 poetry and 24 story writing activities to motivate students to become poetry masters, when writing limericks, cinquains, haiku, and more. Activities provide a refreshing approach to teaching the standard forms of story writing.

Book Synopsis

Ideas and activities will motivate your students to become poetry masters, when writing limericks, cinquains, haiku, mysteries, tall tales, fairy tales, and many more.

Creative writing actives provide a refreshing approach to teaching the standard forms of story writing.

Includes:

12 poetry activities

24 story writing activities

Poetry

l. Poetic Expression

2. Echoic Words

3. A Treasure of Similes

4. Starring Metaphors

5. Personification

6. Haiku

7. Cinquains

8. Limericks

9. Concrete Poetry

10. Rainbow Poetry

11. Parodies

12. Poems a Poppin'

Creative Writing

l . The Elements of a Good Story

2. Fairy Tales

3. Adventure Stories

4. Fables

5. It's a Mystery To Me

6. Tall Tales

7. A Picture Story

8. Animal Stories

9. A S-M-A-S-H-ing Story

10. A Star is Born

11. The "Tall" and the "Short" of It

12. Sailing, Sailing

13. Somewhere Over the Rainbow

14. Cook Up a Story

15. From Dull to Dazzling Descriptions

16. A "Tree"-mendous Story

17. A Chinese Mystery

18. Tuned - In

19. Creative Sentences

20. Sock it to Me

21. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

22. The Big Scoop

23. Great Beginnings

24. An Inquiring Mind