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28 Ways to Transform a Poem

 

Looking for a new way to engage your students with poetry?  Ask students to select one or more of the following classroom-tested ideas.

Sketch, draw or paint a poem

Set a poem to music

Recite a poem using a single voice

Change a poem into a short story

Dance a poem with others

Link a poem to a well-known painting

Dramatise a poem in a small group

Write a poem in chalk on an outside path

Create an imaginative border to enclose a poem

Change a poem into a letter or series of letters

Modify the font or formatting of a poem for effect

Represent a poem in three-dimensional form

Perform a poem using multiple voices

Mime poem in pairs

Change a poem into another poetic form

Produce a short video or film of a poem

Represent a poem as a collage

Parody a poem in spoken or written form

Represent a poem in multimedia form

Turn a poem into poetic prose

Speak a poem as a news report

Change the title of a poem for effect

Sing or rap a poem with others

Pair a poem with another poem

Change a poem into a cartoon

Read a poem as a duologue

Represent a poem as a mind map

Change a poem into an advertisement


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