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Grades level iconsGrades 1–3
Genre information iconPoetry
Resource type iconSparks

Make Me Laugh

Molly Sprayregen, 826CHI
In this social-emotional learning writing prompt, students write a poem describing the silliest creature they can imagine.
What Your Students Will Produce

Students will write a humorous poem describing a creature from their imagination.

What You Will Do

This social-emotional learning writing prompt comes from Feeling Words & Healing Words: A Poetry Journey. You can access the full writing unit here.

 

Students will laugh and stretch their imaginations with this poetry prompt. Get started by asking students to think of the craziest creature they can imagine. There are no rules here, only that the creature should be original, so they can dream big!

After students have time to create and draw this creature using the Make Me Laugh handout, they will then write a poem that describes this creature in all its silly glory. They can think about what silly things this creature does, what funny sounds it might make, what silly meals it enjoys, etc.

Have students share their ideas in pairs of small groups after a few minutes of writing. They might hear a great idea from a peer that they can...

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