Students respond orally to the ideas and images. Teacher and class discuss and list the language and structural features. Teacher and students identify the criteria and possible topics for such poems. Teacher models and guides the students through the steps and composition of the poem. Students select their topic.
Students have available data they have previously worked on, eg.
Tasks Students select and write a report on a chosen topic eg. Whales, Orca, Humpback Whale. Students write two poems, acrostic and diamond . Evan-moor Educational Publishers. How Whales Walked into the Sea .