•  Purpose: This poetry creation assignment is intended to allow you to practice description writing using as many of the 5 senses that apply to your subject and use literary devices such as simile, metaphor, or personification. These are descriptive writing techniques that help to later enrich a Narrative Essay.

    To do this assignment…

    • Listen to “Rat Code” again in case you need to use it as a sample. To do this, Watch:.

    • Then, take a moment to think and freewrite the subject you wish to pay homage to as a poem.

    • Be sure to review the Scoring Guide for Poetry Writing in Rubrics to understand how your poem will be graded.

    • Inspired by Acevedo’s poem and your own musings about your subject, turn your freewrite into an actual poem.

    • Revise (edit, extend, rearrange words) using a Word document until you are satisfied with your final creation.

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