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  • Color poem: pop-up poetry to get students thinking like a poet

    Color poem: pop-up poetry to get students thinking like a poet

    September 27, 2021October 13, 2025

    My personal education goal this year is to incorporate more creative writing opportunities into my core English classes. In American Literature, my juniors had just learned about the symbolism of the green light so the timing was perfect to pause for a moment of creative expression. This activity can be done with ANY color and with any book that uses…

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  • Color poem – writing prompt using mentor text poems by living poets

    Color poem – writing prompt using mentor text poems by living poets

    January 24, 2018October 24, 2025

    End goal: Students will write a poem about or inspired by color.  DAY ONE Step 1: Pre-write Activity – Shades of Green Across the top of my front board, I hung a row of sheets of paper of different shades of one color. I got the sheets at my local craft store in the scrap booking section for a dime each. It…

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