The following lesson has been used with my grade seven students and worked extremely well. Students will write a weather poem about a weather-related topic. Rainbows, Snowflakes, Clouds, Ice, Cyclones, etc. To start, students tear up seven strips of paper. On individual strips, students answer the following seven questions.
Answers can be a word, phrase or a sentence.
Students are creative and imagine what the weather component could smell like, taste like, etc. Students then arrange the strips into an order that aesthetically appeals to them. This is an example of a poem produced by a year seven student. On-line Writing Collection Thanks to Nicole Lane for the use of her ideas on this page. See Copyright and Disclaimer Information Text and images may be used for education purposes, provided source is acknowledged.