Natural Disaster Poems

In writing this week I had students write a formula poem on a natural disaster of their choosing. We have been doing a Force of Nature unit all month and I liked how this particular formula poem lended itself to nature's fury.

The Formula:

Line 1: Participle, Participle, Participle 

Line 2: Noun

Line 3: Adverb (how)

Line 4: Verb

Line 5: Adverb (where or when)

The poem I modeled for the students:

Swirling, Churning, Frightening

Tornado

Violently

Touched

Down in Kansas

Some students' finished poems: