Students write acrostic name poems, sensory poems, and how-to poems and compile them into a class book of poetry.

In this lesson plan, students use the ocean and their five senses as inspirations to create their own unique haikus. Lesson provides assessment criteria and a list of sources.

Front cover of the book Micawber by John Lithgow.

Front cover of I Love You the Purplest by Barbara M. Joosse.