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Grades 2–5
6 sessions: 60 minutes per session
Poetry
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Lunch Poems

by Lauren Rudewicz and David Hutcheson, 826michigan
1. Recipe Poems
2. Poems Are Alive
3. Growing Poem Gardens
4. Poem Pieces
5. When, Where, and Who Are Poems?
6. Re-Seeing Our Poetry
Students will explore memories of food and learn how those memories intersect with art. From these connections, students will write poems and expand their understanding of what can inspire poetry.
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Recipe Poems

Students will begin to explore what a “poem” and “poetry” can be by practicing associative thinking across senses, experience, and memory. They will learn how food and meals are also tied to memory, and are introduced to the terms “genre” and “artistic medium.”
What Your Students Will Learn

Your students will identify the differences between a poem and a recipe, as well as how to make those genres overlap.

What Your Students Will Produce

Your students will produce their own recipe poem.

What You Will Need

Before You Start
  • Write the word “genre” on one notecard and the phrase “artistic medium” on the other.
  • Write the warm-up question on the board: “What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch and what do you like about it?”
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