Activity: Poetry Scaffolds

Section 10 contains a “Poetry Scaffold” worksheet. It is designed for creative writing on the subject of a “place.” See the discussion in Section 2 about “scaffolding.” Here is an example created by tutors at a training event:

“At the Zoo”
I go to the zoo to enjoy the day.
I take lots of pictures along the way.
I see the animals eating the hay.
I watch the monkeys at play.
Elephants trumpet and lions roar.
We eat cotton candy and ice cream galore.
I love the zoo because it’s not a bore.

The “Sense Word List” worksheet in Section 10 can be used as a poem scaffold, as well. Each row (or combined rows) can serve as a separate “sense poem,” with the topic as the title. Here are two examples: