Max Tell / Writing Prompt / I'm a Monster

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PROMPT: I'm a Monster

TEACHER: If you were a monster what kind of monster would you be?

INSTRUCTIONS: See Monday's entry for general instructions.

Below, you will find Max Tell's 10 minute notes and final draft for today's prompt.

NOTE FROM MAX: Sometimes when I do this exercise, ideas jump out of my imagination in the form or poetry, but when the poetry stops flowing, I follow whatever thought comes to mind. Do not get stuck with poetry. Let your mind be free. You can always turn back to the poetry when you re-write.

If I were a monster, I would’t fright

I wouldn’t spook throughout the night,

I wouldn’t sneak, and peak, and shriek,

Max Tell / Amanda the Panda

As a special change today, here is a video of one of Max Tell's latest songs which is to appear on his next CD. Enjoy.

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Each week, Max Tell features a writing prompt, 

an inspirational article about poetry writing for kids,

as well as some of his own writing.

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To read a few of Max's poems, check out The Land of Graws.

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Max Tell / Writing Prompt / Boring

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PROMPT: Boring

TEACHER: What makes you bored? How do you feel when you get bored? 

INSTRUCTIONS: See Monday's entry for general instructions.

Before beginning today's 10 minute writing session, invite the class to make 'boring' faces, photograph them, and post the pictures around the room. Afterward, post the pictures and the poems out on the hall bulletin board. 

Below, you will find Max Tell's 10 minute notes and final draft for today's prompt.

Max Tell / Writing Prompt / I Wish I Were

PROMPT: I wish I were . . . swing on a swing, rollerblading, skateboarding, kiting, or anything you choose.

TEACHER: What would you like to be doing right now? Would you like to be swinging on a swing, rollerblading, or skateboarding? Or maybe you have something completely different in mind. Let's have fun with our imagination.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Max Tell / Writing Prompt / If Dad Was A?

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Prompt: If your dad, mom, sister, brother, or friend was a giraffe, an octopus, a dolphin, a star in the sky, even an insect, or whatever you choose, what would you write about him or her?

Note: From now on, once a week, I will include a full write-up for a prompt. The rest of the week, I will only include the writing prompt.

Max Tell / Writing Prompt / I Am Afraid

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What I'm Afraid Of

Writing Prompt: November 20th, 2014

I’m afraid of . . . an insect, an animal, lightning, thunder, or whatever makes you cringe. Write in the voice of a child you have in mind.

* Note: From now on, once a week, I will include a full write-up for a prompt. The rest of the week, I will only include the prompt.

Max Tell / Writing Prompt / Cute Pet Pictures

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Show-and-Tell Cute Pet Pictures

Invite the children in your class to bring in a show-and-tell picture of their kitten, puppy, cat, dog or any other pet. If a child does not have a pet of their own, invite them to bring in a picture of the pet they would like to have. 

Keep a file of pictures that children may choose from if they forget.

SUGGESTIONS:

Max Tell / Ten Minute Object Writing From A Photograph

Spring-boarding from an image is a great way to get the creative juices flowing. Ten minutes of object writing per day, no more (5-6 minutes for younger children) will build a strong foundation for later writing whether creative or academic. 

TO THE TEACHER: 

1) Invite each of your students to bring a clipping of a picture to school to write about. Have a few extra clipping available incase some of the children forget.

2) Set an alarm for 10 minute, no longer.

Max Tell / Halloween Prompt Three

Roast the Ghost Three

Set a timer for six minutes.

In six minutes write everything that, given the chance to live a better life, you would do differently.

After the six minutes are up, highlight all the good stuff, and then write a poem, song, or story (picture book or YA novel chapter or part of) based on your notes.

Make us laugh.  

Inspired by a writing prompt on a Berklee Online Songwriting Webinar.

Max Tell / Halloween / Writing Prompt Two

Roast the Ghost Two

Set a timer for six minutes.

Write everything that is lousy about being a ghost and being stuck on earth for an eternity as nothing but a shapeless shadow. Write about your senses, and the lingering bad taste in her mouth, what things look like now in comparison to what they had looked like back when she was alive. Think about the awful sounds that haunt her every waking moment and the icky feeling of everything she touches. And finally, how it feels to live the dead life of a ghost whose only experience is one  endless, sleepless, and nightmarish night.

After the six minutes are up, highlight all the good stuff, and then write a poem, song, or story (picture book or YA novel chapter or part of) based on your notes.

Spook us out.  

Inspired by a writing prompt on Berklee College of Music's Online Songwriting Webinar.

© Robert ‘Max Tell’ Stelmach 2014

Spook us out.

Inspired by a writing prompt on Berklee College of Music's Online Songwriting Webinar.

Each week, Max Tell features a few inspirational articles about poetry writing for kids

as well as his own blog posts.

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To read a few of Max's poems, check out The Land of Graws.

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For more poems by Max Tell visit The Land of Graws

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More From Max:

The Knight, The Dragon, and the Librarian
12 Songs by Max Tell
10 Poems by Max Tell

www.maxtell.ca

Max on Facebook

Resources:

Rhyme Scheme
RhymeZone: A Rhyming Dictionary
A Wealth of Poetry Games for Grades K-5
Sheree Fitch

Writing Stories in Rhythm & Rhyme

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Next topic: 

TBA

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What poetry question would you like answered? Point of View? Rhyme? Something of your choice? Student questions are also welcome. Your comments below would be greatly appreciated.

Bye for now and see you soon.

Have a great writing day.

Max

Love writing, but love editing more.

Halloween / Writing Prompt One

Roast the Ghost One

Grade 5 and up.

Set a timer for six minutes.

Write everything a ghost did in its living life to cause it to be punished with an existence of floating aimlessly for an eternity with no friends and with nothing to do, but to mourn its many bad deeds.

Concentrate on actions, the bad things it did while alive to its enemies and friends. Try to write constantly, never lifting your pen or pencil from the page.

After the six minutes are up, highlight all the good stuff, and then write a poem, song, or story (picture book or part of a YA novel chapter) based on your notes.

Spook us out.

Bright Kids are Budding Poets

Budding poets at Bright Kids in Crabbs Cross

BRIGHT Kids children at Crabbs Cross recently entered the Young Writers; My Nursery Rhymes Creative Writing Competition. More . . .

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Here at Koetry for Pids, Max Tell features
a few inspirational articles
about poetry writing for kids

as well as his own inspirational blog posts.

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To read a few of Max's poems, check out The Land of Graws.

Max Tell / Koetry for Pids / G11 / Where Ideas Come From

Max Tell, poet and award winning songwriter publishes 
a new Koetry for Pids blog each week.

Max also features inspirational articles about poetry
and other artistic activities for kids.

Rhymes for the Young / Kenn Nesnitt

Spokane’s Kenn Nesbitt brings the nation’s kids the gift of poetry - Eli Francovich

Kenn Nesbitt has been named the children's poet laureate. [Photo: Jennifer DeBarros]

 

“For every line of poetry I have to think of 10 different ways to say it, to get the exact, best right way,” Nesbitt says. “Computer programming is the same way. You want to write code that is elegant, functional and concise and does what you want to do in the best possible way.” More . . .

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Now it's your turn. Write your own poem. Have fun, I did.

Don't forget to share your poems with family and friends. And don't forget to edit, edit, edit.

Fourth Graders: Writing Poetry Suits Them

Fourth graders at Alice Beal Elementary School

in Springfield find writing poetry suits them

Remi Goldrick, Eliana Sanchez and Emila Giovannini-Yarnell, from left, are three of the fourth graders at the Alice B. Beal Elementary School in Springfield who love to write poetry. (Mark M. Murray / The Republican)

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By Patricia Cahill, The Republican The Republican
on June 25, 2013 at 8:30 PM

SPRINGFIELD – Eliana Sanchez loves poetry. “During April vacation,” she said, “I was at my desk for hours writing poetry.” More . . .

Max Tell / Rhyme / Unlimited aaa Rhyme Scheme

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NOTE TO NEWCOMERS

This is Max Tell with my 11th writing game to give the poems you write for kids a unique personal flair and a bit of a bite. Teachers are invited to use these games to encourage their student to write poems of their own.

Note: A reference to 'poems' also includes songs. A reference to 'songs' refers only to song writing.

A special thanks to Sheree Fitch who inspired 'Koetry for Pids'.

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Today's topic:

RHYME

Writing a poem with a repeating AAAA rhyme scheme.

Max Tell / Poetry Game 10 / Rhyme

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NOTE TO NEWCOMERS

This is Max Tell with my 10th writing game to give the poems you write for kids a unique personal flair and a bit of a bite. 

Note: A reference to 'poems' also includes songs. A reference to 'songs' refers only to songwriting.

A special thanks to Sheree Fitch who's workshop on writing more personal and exciting poetry for kids inspired the creation of 'Koetry for Pids'.

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Today's topic:

A slight change of style: as you will notice, today's Goetry Pame is in the form of a video. I plan to continue with this video formant from now on. Click, read, write, edit, and share. Please click on more to continue.

Teen Poetry Revolution

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Sites such as Movellas and Wattpd are seeing huge numbers of tees writing, reading, and sharing poetry. Alison Flood investigates the phenomenon and talks to some of the teens publishing their poetry on line. 

More . . .

Max Tell: The Magic IF Game

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NOTE TO NEWCOMERS

This is Max Tell with my 9th writing game to give the poems you write for kids a unique personal flair and a bit of a bite. 

Note: A reference to 'poems' also includes songs. A reference to 'songs' refers only to songwriting.

A special thanks to Sheree Fitch who's workshop on writing more personal and exciting poetry for kids inspired the creation of 'Koetry for Pids'.

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Today's topic:

A slight change of plans: I was scheduled to talk about Rhyme, but thought I would break the pattern and give you a different type of game today. First view my video below, The Knight The Dragon and the Librarian, then I'll tell you all about the . . . 

MAGIC 'IF'

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Let's say, you want to write a poem, but you're not sure what you want to write about. Try the MAGIC 'IF' game. This is how the MAGIC 'IF' game works. You ask yourself a question:

What if such and such were to happen? Here are a few examples:
• What if a meteor fell from the sky?
• What if an elephant sat on a tack?
• What if your favourite toy turned into jell-o?

Game one:
1. Write a few 'what if' questions of your own.
2. Choose the one you like best.
3. Write a poem answering your 'what if' question.

In the case of my video poem above, I asked myself 'what if' a knight, a dragon, and a librarian were in the same poem? What would happen?

Now your turn, think of two or three characters who you would like in your poem.

Here are some examples:
• A chicken, a duck, and a centipede
• A boy, a girl, and a man-eating carrot
• A giant and a worm

Game two:
1. Write a few 'what if' lists of characters of your choice.
2. Choose the list you like best.
3. Write a poem about your favourite 'what if' list of characters.

Don't forget to share your poems with family and friends. And don't forget to edit, edit, edit.

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For more of Max's poems, check out The Land of Graws.

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Shopping Cart

For more poems by Max Tell visit The Land of Graws

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More From Max:
12 Songs by Max Tell
10 Poems by Max Tell

www.maxtell.ca
Max on Facebook

Resources:
Sheree Fitch
Writing Stories in Rhythm & Rhyme
Shel Silverstein
Scansion: For Advanced Poets
Rhythm & Meter: Advanced Study
Essential Children's Collection

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Next week's topic: 

Rhyme / An Introduction

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What poetry question would you like answered? Point of View? Rhyme? Something of your choice? Student questions are also welcome. Your comments below would be greatly appreciated.

Bye for now and see you soon.

Have a great writing day.

Max

Love writing, but love editing more.

Max Tell / Foot & Meter

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NOTE TO NEWCOMERS

This is Max Tell with my 8th instalment of writing exercises to give the poems you write for kids a unique personal flair and a bit of a bite. 

Note: A reference to 'poems' also includes songs. A reference to 'songs' refers only to songwriting.

A special thanks to Sheree Fitch who's workshop on writing more personal and exciting poetry for kids inspired the creation of 'Koetry for Pids'.

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Today's topic:

FOOT & METER