Spark Student Motivation: Poems For Two Voices

Let's get MOTIVATED!

 

I'm so glad Jivey reminded me of poems for two voices that she linked up with me a couple of weeks ago! This book was assigned to me in college and I've always loved it, but you know you how you get so many ideas in your head sometimes you forget a few! (or a lot!)

The set up is for someone to read the left side and another person to read the right side, anything that's written on the same lines is read in unison. My students and I read a couple together for them to get the idea, then we wrote one together. It's about the teacher and the students. :)

I hate my voice...and I'm next to my phone so it's loud-sorry!

We whipped our class poem out in minutes-they loved it! I plan to revise and add to the poem for the final copy, but I was pretty impressed with the first draft!

Now...are YOU ready to be impressed??!! My students wrote their own poems for two voices from the voices of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. We've read several mentor texts about both of these inspirational people, so they used this knowledge to create their masterpieces!

Here's a copy of these two students' poem in case it's hard to understand.

 

 

My favorite part is for Martin, "I have a voice of thunder" and for Rosa, "I have lightning eyes."

Such deep and powerful thinking! Love!!! 

 

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING MORE IMPRESSIVE??!! I modeled the class poem the day before and they wrote these poems ALL ON THEIR OWN WITH A SUBSTITUTE!!

One of my friends subbed for me last week and she texted me after school to tell me how amazing they did on their poems-as soon as I returned the next day I knew they were very motivated by this assignment!

 They've already asked me when they can write them again! These are the kinds of lessons they remember and for teachers bring a smile to our hearts! You MUST try this with your class!

It could be used with so many concepts and grade levels!

I hope you had a wonderful week! Please link up any lessons, ideas, tips, tricks, incentives, ANYTHING you do get your students motivated or excited!

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