Lines from the Mind

Sweat trickles, sticky shirt Hot air sears nostrils, Shimmering fried yellow hills in distance, Cicadas, a thousand chirps pressing in, Relief, cool ice-water laughs down my throat. Form I followed here: Line 1: Touch - Feel Line 2: Smell Line 3: See Line 4: Hear Line 5: Taste Success Criteria: Have followed the form but shown an ability to vary with intention as needed. Place in the poem strong thoughts about the topic Creating not just a random set of lines but using craft. I have correctly punctuated with complex sentences with comma/s. I have improved vocabulary by utilising a thesaurus. I can use and credit Creative Commons images. Images Credit: 5 Senses from Wikipedia , Summer adapted from Pixabay

Using the Extreme Poetry Resource, exemplar and the extension activity .. here is a poem you could create. WALT: To create a poem that captures a personal experience or topic in a summary form. Criteria: To write strongly and communicate. To use Thesaurus and Research to extend vocabulary choices and make sure every word is “precious” To collaborate with a partner to produce a shared experience by creating poems that impact readers. To understand and use alliteration and forms of grammar.