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Bucket List Poetry

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What is on your pupils' "Bucket Lists" - the list of things they want to do before they die? Their choices of activities for this list could be very revealing, and is a great source of inspiration for a personal poem. The instructional activity prompts young writers to examine their values, both in discussion and on a graphic organizer. A Six Trait writing activity guides them through the entire writing process, and focuses on the traits of idea development and sentence fluency.

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personal narratives, narratives, Narrative Writing, resolution, plot elements, plot, conclusions, sentence fluency, six-trait writing, developing ideas

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idea development, personal narrative, sentence fluency, six trait writing, bucket list, personal poems, conclusion, resolution, english language arts
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6th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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