Effigy Mounds National Monument - Poetry - Option Two (U.S. National Park Service)

Poetry: Option 2

Strand:

Language Arts

Grade Level:

1 - 3

Duration:

20 - 30 minutes

Location:

classroom or outside

Objective:

The students will be able to create a poem using describing words or phrases about the Mississippi River

Materials:

lined paper
pencil

Vocabulary:

Mississippi River describing words phrases

Procedure:

Discuss the field trip with the students.
Tell them they are going to write a poem about the Mississippi River using describing words or short phrases
Brainstorm with the students some words that would describe the Mississippi River. List them on the board.
The students could work with a partner.

Examples:

Mississippi
Majestic
Illuminating
Silent
Spiritual
Imagination
Soothing
Slow
Independence
Promise
People
Inspiration

Mississippi
Mississippi River
Important to many people
Slowly
Silently flowing
Into the Gulf of Mexico
Steadily flowing
Spiritually
In my dreams
People hoping for the
Promise of spring
Inspiring

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Poetry: Option 2

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