Bucket List Poetry

What is on your pupils' "Bucket Lists" - the list of things they want to do before they die? Their choices of activities for this list could be very revealing, and is a great source of inspiration for a personal poem. The lesson prompts young writers to examine their values, both in discussion and on a graphic organizer. A Six Trait writing activity guides them through the entire writing process, and focuses on the traits of idea development and sentence fluency.