1. ACTIVITY POEM

2. Six Minutes Twenty Six Seconds
Throat scorched. Chest burning. Fast jogging. Keep up, keep up- two hundred meters behind. Breath fast. Breath shallow. I'm short distance. Thought I was on a roll: beat my time in hurdles, beat my height in high jump. Last lap. Breath fire. Finish hard. Last to cross but get my time. Win.

3. Is like riding to another universe On beams of light.
Write down each step. You will write one activity poem.
STEP 1:
Describe your favorite activity. Include one simile or metaphor in your description.
Example:
Playing the piano
Is like riding to another universe
On beams of light.

4. STEP 2:
Imagine you are doing the activity. Tell what your body would be doing during this activity using active verbs.
Example:
As my hands curve over the piano keyboard,
My wrists rise higher than my fingers.
My back lines up straight.

5. STEP 3:
Describe how you feel as you do the activity. What are you thinking? Why is it your favorite activity?
Examples:
I think about twirling and swirling in the air
And traveling to Saturn and Jupiter.
I love to play because
I transform myself into someone else
When I start the music.

6. STEP 4:
Describe how your favorite activity ends.
Example:
When my mother calls me for dinner,
I have to return to reality.

7. STEP 5:
Finish the poem by describing what you normally do at the end of your favorite activity.
Example:
I stand up and stretch like a cat in the sun.
Then I shake my hands until my arms feel loose.

8. Playing the Piano
Playing the piano
Is like riding to another universe
On beams of light.
As my hands curve over the piano keyboard,
My wrists rise higher than my fingers.
My back lines up straight.
I think about twirling and swirling in the air
And traveling to Saturn and Jupiter.
I love to play because
I transform myself into someone else
When I start the music.
When my mother calls me for dinner,
I have to return to reality.
I stand up and stretch like a cat in the sun.
Then I shake my hands until my arms feel loose.

9. Playing the Piano STEP 1:
Describe your favorite activity. Include one simile or metaphor in your description.
STEP 2:
Imagine you are doing the activity. Tell what your body would be doing during this activity using active verbs.
STEP 3:
Describe how you feel as you do the activity. What are you thinking? Why is it your favorite activity?
STEP 4:
Describe how your favorite activity ends.
STEP 5:
Finish the poem by describing what you normally do at the end of your favorite activity.
Playing the Piano
Playing the piano
Is like riding to another universe
On beams of light.
As my hands curve over the piano keyboard,
My wrists rise higher than my fingers.
My back lines up straight.
I think about twirling and swirling in the air
And traveling to Saturn and Jupiter.
I love to play because
I transform myself into someone else
When I start the music.
When my mother calls me for dinner,
I have to return to reality.
I stand up and stretch like a cat in the sun.
Then I shake my hands until my arms feel loose.