A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 6 of 8

A couple months ago I purchased Teaching Grammar with Perfect Poems for Middle School: Engaging Lessons with Model Poems That Motivate Kids to Learn Grammar and Write Well by Nancy Mack. Even though I don’t teach middle school, I was intrigued by the title and figured it could be a good resource to keep on my bookshelf for ‘someday’ or ‘whenever.’

Yesterday was that ‘someday,’ since I was looking for today’s poetic inspiration for this Challenge. Mack suggests teaching kids about gerunds (not sure if I ever learned about gerunds until today) by teaching them how to write “I Remember Poems.” (For instance, if a gerund can be replaced with the word “it,” then that word is a gerund.) Fair enough! She even provided an “I Remember” Poem by Jana Turner as a mentor. I read the lesson and Turner’s Poem. I liked them both. So, I decided to use an “I Remember Poem” as today’s source for poetic inspiration (if you need/want it).

Want to write an instant “I remember” Poem? Just click here for an “I Remember Poem” Generator. Also, a couple of “kid” examples can be found by clicking here.

Please come back later today to link your poem to this post using Mr. Linky.