Poetry Unit Starter 1: I Wish Class Poem

Ask each student to complete the sentence "I wish ________________" on a strip of paper. Collect the strips. Shuffle them. Then write out each line on the overhead to create a collaborative class poem.

Other sentence ideas:

1. I wish...


2. I am...


3. I like...


4. I like to...


5. I wonder...


6. I think about...


7. If I had a million dollars, I would...


8. If I could change anything, I would...


9. (pick a color) is like...


10. I am happy when...


11. I am (any emotion) when...


12. If I could go anywhere, I would...


13. I have learned that...


14. I like (season), because...


15. It's (season), so...


16. If I were an animal, I'd be a ______________, because...


17. If I were a car, I'd be a ________________, because...


18. If I were a place, I'd be __________________, because...