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1. Poetry as Emotion: List Poems
AISB Elementary Library, 2012
Sarah Ducharme
Grade 4

2. List Poems
• Look at each image.
• Write whatever words come to mind.
• Try to capture the EMOTION you see.

4. Words can become a POEM
• Look at your words and rearrange them.
• What order do you like?
• What words seem to go together on one line?
• What words have best impact alone?
• What lines seem to want a space between
them?
• ASK, “What will my reader FEEL after reading
these words?”

5. Try Another…
• What worked? What didn’t?
• READY TO Try again?

7. Words become a POEM
• Look at your words and rearrange them.
• What order do you like?
• What words seem to go together on one line?
• What words have best impact alone?
• What lines seem to want a space between
them?
• What do you want your reader to FEEL?

8. Two More…
• ON your own…
• REMEMBER: capture the feeling/emotion of
the image not just what’s happening in the
scene.

11. Choose Your Own Image
• Go to PicLit (on grade 4 tab of library website)
• Choose a photo from the sliding gallery.
• THINK about the image – brainstorm ideas.
• Choose “Drag-n-Drop,” Add words, arrange and
rearrange until you like the effect.
• Choose another photo.
• Choose “Freestyle.”
• Type your words into the box the way you want
them to appear.

12. To use this poem…
• SAVE your PicLits as you go. They will appear
in “My PicLits”
• You may email ONE or TWO PicLits to Mrs
Ducharme: sducharme@aisb.hu. You MUST
include your NAME in the subject.
• These can be posted on your class blog later.
• You cannot print your PicLit 

13. Extension…
• IF you enjoyed writing this type of poem HOW
could you take today’s lesson and continue at
home?

14. Citations
Lanier67, . Friendship. 2007. Flickr. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lanier67/1183108855/.
MA1216, . Wonder Wheel. 2006. Flickr. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/supercereal/2824567979/.
Nosha, . Beauty. 2009. Flickr. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nosha/3643964334/.
Peat, Richard. "Fast" Bag Drop. 2006. Flickr. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtpeat/342532385/.