04/08 Writing Activity

Purpose: I can write odes, a type of poem that celebrates something ordinary as quite extraordinary.

Use these guidelines when working on your odes:

• Pick an ordinary place or thing. 
• Give your subject praise or thanks. (Oh, _____________!) 
• Speak directly to the object. 
• Use adjectives to describe it. 
• Use verbs to bring that object to life. (Personification) 
• Use repeated lines.

Mr. Erickson's Ode to the Cyclones