Double Voice Poem Between Teacher and Student
“I want you to spend the next 15 minutes writing about anything that you want.”
“Pick any genre –It can be a poem, a story, a play…anything!” “There are endless possibilities…” “You should use your creativity and imagination.” “Play with your language, your voice, and worry less about the structure.” “The important thing is that you’re writing. You can even write like you’re writing to a journal. |
“15 whole minutes?!” How am I supposed to choose? …There are endless possibilities? But I’m not creative and I don’t like using my imagination. Oh, I don’t have to worry about structure? That’s different… Really? I love writing in my journal! |
This double voice poem gives the reader a good understanding of how students think when the teacher begins giving them choices in the classroom. When I was a student, I know that we were not giving very many choices when it came to what we wrote about. We would be given a prompt and then we needed to write about it. I think giving students writing journals is an incredibly way for them to take control of their writing and begin writing creatively in the process.
Robb, Laura. Nonfiction writing: from the inside out. New York: Scholastic, 2004. Print.
Robb, Laura. Nonfiction writing: from the inside out. New York: Scholastic, 2004. Print.