Humans experience a range of feelings and it’s natural to feel them all at different times, or even at the same time. Poems can help us communicate these feelings, especially at times when they’re hard to talk about.
Poems can connect us and make us feel like we are not alone; they can give us a way to express our feelings and thoughts.
Group Freeze Frame
As a group, you will have 3 minutes to come up with a scene that depicts the emotion that you will be given.
The audience will try to guess the emotion from your body language, expression and what is being shown in the scene.
Emotions:
Sadness
Anger
Joy
Happiness
Excitement
Fear
Anxiety
Four Poem Emotions
As a group, students will read the poem and then brainstorm and write down as many words/phrases/lyrics/movies/books that connect with that mood or emotion.
Scary/Creepy
Curiosity
Sad
Anger
Groups return to their original emotion and see what other ideas have been added. Discuss the additions. Were there any surprises?