Thursday, February 26, 2009

List Poem Directions

In the comment box below put your list poem directions.
I have put my own new list poem directions there too. (You may use my directions or anyone else's directions -- except for your own -- to write a list poem.)

8 comments:

Mr. J. Cook said...

Describe the light outside the nearest window.
Describe the footwear of the next person you see.
Turn on a radio; write down a phrase from the first song you hear.
Include a sentence from page 47 of a book you are reading in English class or on your own.
Include a quotation from two different teachers. Do not use their names.
Describe a family vehicle using five adjective-noun combinations.
Describe a something you see as if it were a sound. (He looks like a hyena's laugh, for example.)
Describe what kind of tree you would be if you were a tree.
Describe the nearest shiny thing.
Describe where you will be at three o'clock today.

BrittanyD said...

Describe something's texture.
Last received text message.
Describe someone's smile using a simile.
A Headline on the internet.
Describe one taste.
One parent's quote.
A phrase you like.
What you hear at this very moment.
Predict your mood for tomorrow in less than 3 words.

Unknown said...

Describe your job.
A sentence out of a book or paper.
4 quotes from the day.
Two pieces of found text.
Something a teacher says.
Name of a restaurant.
Something mathematical.
An article headline.
A text message.
First thought that pops into your head.
A song title.

alison r said...

Write down a question asked in your English class
Describe the texture of an item of clothing without using "like"
Write down 2 lines of graffiti in a bathroom stall
Write down the 9th sentence on the 53rd page of any book you are reading or have read.
Describe the view from the closest window using adjective-noun combos
Describe your eye color
Write down the last thing you said aloud
Describe a sound using alliteration
Describe the colors of a rainbow like you were decribing them to a blind person (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet)
Describe the taste of water

Iso.Inferno said...

Megan Leach

-Describe someone's shoelaces
-Describe a Wall
-Describe a word you don't know (what it sounds like it means)
-Describe Pants
-Write down a math equation/problem
-Describe a color (without using colors)
-Describe an illness
-Describe music

Trevor said...

Describe how you feel after an event you just took part in.
Write down a quote you heard on a television show.
Describe a pet peeve.
Explain how you feel when you wake up.
Describe your least favorite class.
Using no names, write characteristics about a person that annoy you.
Describe how your school year has gone so far.
Explain your mindset at this moment.

Mr. J. Cook said...

describe the first thing you see in the morning
describe your most used technology
describe something in your room
one daily routine
your most used phrase
describe a cell phone
describe a food
describe an animal

sara said...

describe the color of the sky
explain how you got to school
list a homework assignment
include a meal from a menu
describe what your foot is doing at this moment
explain the feeling from outside going inside
describe the taste of toothpaste
the sound of your phone turning on or off