The following activity is a perfect activity for a snowy day; short, simple, and fun. Yet, at the same time it challenges students to work with, and generate a variety of poetic devices. The activity is adaptable to all grades and the results can be serious, or seriously funny.
The activity is called...Snow Ball Poetry.
1. Students receive a piece of white printer paper
2. Students write a noun...this will become the title of their poem
3. Students ball up the paper to become "snowballs" and proceed to have a "snowball fight"
4. Students grab a snowball that is not their own
5. Students write the first two lines of a poem that matches the title...it must have a poetic device in it.
6. When done students repeat steps three and four
7. Then students write lines 3 and 4...with a different poetic device
8. Students repeat steps three and four
Repeat this process as many times as you feel comfortable
9. The final step should be the title repeated.
Afterwards, have students stand up and share the completed poems. They can even vote on the best one.
As I said before, the students love this activity. It is engaging and it is a great way to work on poetry in a low stakes writing environment. Furthermore, you can differentiate the strategy to fit any learner or any age.
I hope it works, let me know if you try it and like it in a comment below!
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