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List Poems

A journal entry strategy

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Nikki Giovanni’s list poem about Knoxville Tennessee

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List poem created with Kwame Alexander

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Step 1: Think of a topic

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Step 2: Write a list of words that come to mind about that topic.

Step 3: Re-arrange your words and make it into a poem!

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Step 1: Summer

Step 2: (list of words and phrases)

Sparkling sun

Sailboats dot the horizon

Hot sand

Sweaty

Ice cream

No school

Splash

Pool

Beach

Seashells

Seaglass

joy

Vacation

Sleeping in

Air conditioner dripping

Fun

Swim team

rest

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Why I love summer…

Because there’s no school

and sandy beaches.

sparkling waves,

splashing in the pool

shells and

seaglass

to find on the shore

sleeping in

resting,

vacation!

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Because it is SO HOT!

Air conditioner hums and drips,

There’s ice cream

And popsicles

And FUN!

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