Incident Poetry Technique

Incident Poetry Technique

7 years to 12 years

Incident poetry writing technique is really effective for getting students from Grade 3 to Grade 6 writing poems.

Incident poetry writing technique is really effective for getting students from Grade 3 to Grade 6 writing poems.

It works really well because is children are quickly drawn into the writing activity and have fun.  It demystifies the idea that poetry is hard to write.

Incident poems are 5 lines long and 14 words in total. They demonstrate poetry can be short and concise, yet quickly evoke a response from a reader.

Here is an example of a poem a Grade 4 student wrote using this technique in five minutes.

Energy

Bending bodies

At the studio

Looking at mirrors

Warm up before dancing

Hetty Waters

I would love to see the poetry writing in action or the final poem – post up your pictures and images on instagram and tag me @glitter_rainy and tag #poetrywithlorraine

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