What can happen if you eat too much cafeteria food? Or wear dirty clothes every day? Or talk back to your mother? Use a lesson on humorous poems as a way for students to practice silly rhymes as fictional epitaphs.

Concepts

humor, poetry, poetic forms, types of poetry

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the lesson around Halloween and display the poems on cardboard headstones
• Write a model poem as a class before assigning individual poems

Classroom Considerations

• Some students may not want to write humorous poems about death; offer the epitaph poem as an option without making it a requirement

Pros

• Creative way to get learners engaged with poetry
• Provides helpful tips and guidance

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.3.10 W.4.10 W.5.10 W.6.10 W.7.10 W.8.10