I think I’m going to have my students sign-up to use this for one week at a time since there are seven activities. Though it’ll take two weeks to complete all of the activities in a meaningful way since they’re pretty elaborate. Here are the titles of the activities I put inside of the station. I’m putting the mentor poem(s) the children will examine, before writing their own poem, in parenthesis after each station name.
An Odd Word List (“Blackberry Eating” by Galway Kinnell”)
Contrasting Morning and Evening (“City” by Langston Hughes)
Diamante (“Square/Circle” and “Dogs/Cats”; authors unknown)
Onomatopoeia (“Galoshes” by Rhonda Bacmeister)
Start with a Sense (“Morning Memory” by Uber Aymat)
Taste and Smell (“Fried Dough” by Taylor Sheldon)
Where I’m From Poem (“Where I’m From” Poems by George Ella Lyon and by me)
To view the books I used to help me get ideas for this station, click here.
For LOTS more Poetry Resources, check out this post at Wild Rose Reader.
Published by Stacey Shubitz
I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island.
I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010).
I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.
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TWO WRITING TEACHERS 
Stacey, this looks fantastic! I’m getting more and more excited to start the next term so I can get going with the poetry lessons I’ve got planned!
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Wow!! This looks phenomenal! I am sitting here trying to plan my own poetry unit for the upcoming month and your center is an inspiration. Thanks!
-sarah
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