Student Instructions
Create a poem based on the "Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams.
Read the poem. Why is the red wheelbarrow so important? What depends on it? Notice this is a poem without rhymes and line breaks between the stanzas.
In writing your poem, identify an ordinary object that might appear important --- a stapler, a ball, a cup, a tool, etc. and then craft your poem with the following pattern:
Line 1: "So much depend upon......
Line 2: Describe your ordinary object.
Line 3: Tell where the thing is ....
Line 4: Hint as to why it is important.....
Use the tool to write your poem. Then illustrate it and record
yourself reading it.
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Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
Poem with picture from https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-of-the-poem-Red-Wheelbarrow More on the poem and poet can be found at https://poets.org/poem/red-wheelbarrow