Help your child or students come up with a poem related to one of the characters in the story. If the main character is an animal, for instance, have them write a poem using the letters of the name of the animal. Write a poem about how a character behaves. Have fun and see what you can come up with. Here are some examples.
O is for oven
K is for kitchen
A is for apple
P is for pie
I is for isn’t it yummy?
In the
oven in the
kitchen we baked an
apple
pie.
Isn’t it yummy?
* * * * * * * * * *
Billy is sad.
Billy is mad.
Billy is bad.
Why is Billy sad, mad and bad?
Billy’s sad because he was mad and they he was bad.
* * * * * * * * * *Okay, so I’m not a poet, but I think you get the idea. The important thing is to have fun.
