Positives

• The resources can be downloaded and used offline or printed.
• This is a great entry point for young students to explore poetry writing.

Additional Prerequisites

• Prior knowledge of poetry is helpful for students.
• It may be difficult for some students to understand the three rhyme schemes: AAAA, AABB, and ABAB.

Differentiation

• It may be best to read Saving Planet Earthly to your students before they write their poems. This book is a great introduction to climate change.
• To harness different talents, consider making this a group activity, where some work on the art of the book cover and others get more involved in poem writing.
• Students can vote on their favorite poems and the best ones could be published in the school's newspaper or other relevant publications.
• Students can publish their poem books digitally.
• Teachers of older or more advanced students can use SubjectToClimate's "Pale Blue Dot, We Will Fail You Not": a Poetry Lesson.