Curated and Reviewed by
Lesson Planet
Construct from a canvas of words, lyrical expressions that your budding poets can share and post. Based on refrigerator magnet poetry, creative writers can develop their poetry independently, or from a given prompt from their instructor.
16 Views
9 Downloads
Additional Tags
App Overview
Establish your settings with the mix-tionary to get the right amount of articles, conjunctions, and new and old school words—and get to work. It is easy to slide the words into their lyrical abode, and wow your readers.
Instructional Ideas
- Gives reluctant writers a base to begin with
- Challenge students' grammar skills by having them construct different types of sentences from the provided words
- Have an impromptu (or not) poetry slam
Classroom Considerations
- Some users may find the vocabulary too difficult
- One can only add in six custom words
- Instructor can post poems to Moodle or similar webpage
- Sometimes difficult to make complete sentences or have subject/verb agreement
Pros
- Easy to use
- Quality words
- Visually inviting
Cons
- Too much app advertising
- Limited custom words