Explore characters in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer through biopoems. Pupils follow the specific formatting presented here to write 11-line poems about characters in the novel.

Concepts

the adventures of tom sawyer, mark twain, biopoems, characters

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• After learners complete their poems, have them share in groups made up of individuals who all wrote about the same character and discuss how their poems are similar and different
• Add this to a final collection of materials or portfolio due at the end of your study of The Adventures of Tom SawyerI rea

Classroom Considerations

• While you could hand this page directly to learners, it does contain information likely meant for teacher eyes only; consider creating your own version using this as a model

Pros

• Includes a line-by-line format of how the poems should go
• Provides a sample biopoem

Cons

• None