5W Poetry
When?
This activity could be used with ELs to help introduce the 5W (who, what, where, when, why and how) and why these elements are important to writing. This could also be an introduction to poetry that may benefit ELs who already have a grasp of the 5Ws.
How?
Materials?
Why?
This activity could be a low pressure introduction to poetry or to writing structure. If the class is creating these around a subject, they could include or be centered around vocabulary that students have recently learned. Students could take these poems and later turn them into longer stories.
Resources:
http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/play-vocabulary-charades-12300.html
This activity could be used with ELs to help introduce the 5W (who, what, where, when, why and how) and why these elements are important to writing. This could also be an introduction to poetry that may benefit ELs who already have a grasp of the 5Ws.
How?
- Students view examples of other 5W poems
- Students write a poem with the 5 Ws as a guideline. Each line is devoted to a different W question.
- Students use a template or graphic organizer.
- Students could begin by creating stories about themselves
- The class could all create 5W poems about a particular subject or topic that has been discussed recently
Materials?
- http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson391/5W.pdf
- http://www.pocanticohills.org/taverna/99/pumpkin.htm
Why?
This activity could be a low pressure introduction to poetry or to writing structure. If the class is creating these around a subject, they could include or be centered around vocabulary that students have recently learned. Students could take these poems and later turn them into longer stories.
Resources:
http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/play-vocabulary-charades-12300.html