Teachers, looking for a creative poetry lesson? Try having students create poetry using homonyms – or near homonyms – that work together. “Do You Carrot All For Me?” is a perfect example. Students will see that the goal is not perfect matches, but words that go together in a theme that are close enough to work. Sports, bugs, names of cities, even review words for a test can create poetry. Again, perfection is not the goal. Fun, creativity, and looking at words in a different way will generate unique poems and keep students engaged as the year winds down.
