Give students a weekend or at least two days for coming up with a poem. When students have completed their poems, put them back in their groups to critique and discuss their work. Students make comments about what is good about the poem and what could make it better. After making changes, students should use a word processing program to type their poems. Graphics software can be used to illustrate.
Students read their poems to the class and include it in poetry notebook.
Outside observation and writing is required. For reading, analyzing, and discussion in class approximately 45 minutes will be required. Two days outside class required for completion of composition. Another 60 minutes for critiquing, typing, and presenting. Teacher explains the tasks to students and groups them in units of 3-4.