42. BIO POEM (Writing, Feedback)
Description: This protocol fuses the two concepts of subject knowledge and poetry.
Application: Use as a way for students to summarize.
Process: Assign students a person to research and tell them instead of writing a biography, they will use their research to create a poem with the following format:
Line 1: First Name
Line 2: Four Traits (adjectives that describe the person)
Line 3: Relative of
Line 4: Likes . . . (list 3 things)
Line 5: Who feels . . . (3)
Line 6: Who needs . . . (3)
Line 7: Who fears . . . (3)
Line 8: Who gives . . . (3)
Line 9: Who would like to see . . . (3)
Line 10: Resident of . . .
Line 11: Last Name
Adapted from Holly Wille’s WAC Attack
Description: This protocol fuses the two concepts of subject knowledge and poetry.
Application: Use as a way for students to summarize.
Process: Assign students a person to research and tell them instead of writing a biography, they will use their research to create a poem with the following format:
Line 1: First Name
Line 2: Four Traits (adjectives that describe the person)
Line 3: Relative of
Line 4: Likes . . . (list 3 things)
Line 5: Who feels . . . (3)
Line 6: Who needs . . . (3)
Line 7: Who fears . . . (3)
Line 8: Who gives . . . (3)
Line 9: Who would like to see . . . (3)
Line 10: Resident of . . .
Line 11: Last Name
Adapted from Holly Wille’s WAC Attack
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42. Bio Poem
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Holly Willie’s WAC Attack
42. Bio Poem
www.facinghistory.org
Holly Willie’s WAC Attack