Sketchnoting asks the artist to constantly add to their drawing to show progression of learning. Stack the books on top of each other, and read the titles from top to bottom. Children 58 children 911 teen 1218 adult 19 and older a grand. While weve seen these things play out before like when metro. Oct 8, 2015 book spine poetry inspiration for teachers and students. Lapl describes this book spine poetry trash talk as a library tradition. They are created by stacking books on top of each other until a poem emerges. Milk and vine is truly a delight for the sensations, bringing back the riveting quotes we all laughed at together as a united internet community. Book spine poetry mr funology games for engaging teachers. With book spine poetry, students will end up spending more time working on revision strategies.
Maybe book spine poetry is just a thing to do when were bored, and we just want to test our ability to create random ideas out of nothing more than a collection of booksbut maybe its more. I was inspired to try some book spine poetry when i saw the lovely poem valerie created at books can save a life. Inject some new inspiration into poem writing with book spine poems. Book spine poetry falls into the category of found poetry that is, poems made up of text lifted from different sources. See more ideas about book spine, poetry, poetry ideas. Book spine poetry contest is underway book, line, and sinker. Ive decided to use the book at the top of each pile as the title and ive taken a few liberties with the punctuation. Go to your local library, or pull off a handful of books from your own shelf at home. Creating book spine poems are a fun and creative way to craft a poem without having to write down any words. Bob collins retired from minnesota public radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing. Today i thought i would try a book spine poem with my thirdgrade students for our slices. Now shes gone and mastered the art of book spine poetry, says art fag city. She offers book spine poetry as a new solution to these usually dull tasks. Cle public library engages in bookish social media trash talk with.
Bookspine poetry uses the arrangement of book titles to create a poem. Each student chooses at least three books to use to create their book spine poetry. Help your fifth grader search the family bookshelves to create a oneofakind poem based on the books he already loves. Parodying the popular poetry book milk and honey, milk and vine beautifully portrays the best vines of all time in this modern poetic format. While weve seen these things play out before like when metro and the bay areas bart engaged in a poetry faceoff. Poems about trash at the worlds largest poetry site. Book spine poems are formed by choosing books around a theme or main idea and then arranging all or part of the titles into a poem. Book spine poetry noprep classroom activity by smocus. Last week i was reading through some education blogs and came across mary lee hahns book spine poem. I was inspired to try some book spine poetry over the weekend when i saw poems fiction fan and cathy at 746 books recently created. Most young writers shy away from the revision process simply because its taxing to rewrite their work by hand.
Heres a short, and somewhat dystopian, book spine poem. Its somewhat comforting to know that the bookspine trash talking between libraries didnt end after the toronto and kansas city playoff series. Goodnatured, intelligent and untidy, nyes mother never paid much attention to stacks of. While book spine poetry itself is not a brandnew idea, i have seen the concept spring up frequently on social media this year. Trailer trash was the companion story and perspective that i didnt know i needed until i picked it up, and i devoured its words in less than 24 hours. Learn how to write a poem about trash and share it. See more ideas about book spine, poetry inspiration and poetry. This entry was posted in art, books, poetry, reading, uncategorized and tagged book spine, book spine poetry, books, bookshelf, poems, poetry on 15th april 2016 by lisa shambrook. Browse many, many book spines and choose one or two that spark your interest or that speak to your heart. Trash mountain is, at heart, not a novel of whimsy, but one of grit and decay, with a meandering narrative that finds our hero, quite realistically, distracted from his grand mission by the ordinary forces of youth. Aug 30, 2012 explore pspls board book spine poetry, followed by 653.
Nye became aware of trash and poetry at about the same time and from the same person, her mother. Book spine poetry contest is underway april 15, 2014 by zimmermanlibrary april celebrates national poetry month and we think theres no better way to get into the spirit than another fantastically fun library contest. I tried to find a book spine to express my own feelings about this, but there dont seem to be any books titled indifferent or i dont care or sports rivalries are. Read a few pages of a book, then draw a few pictures to show the concepts learned, repeat. Find other book spines that complement your first choice. April is national poetry month and spurred on by a recent post by bookish beck, i thought i would indulge in some book spine poetry its been a while since i did this on the blog but it can get a bit addictive once you get going. I did have to stop, though, as i was getting ready to host a book club meeting that night. Using book titles relieves the burden of writing original sentences and phrases. The book spines in the kc photo read, canada, sorry you lost, what. I found my passion beneath the pieces of a life i had carefully constructed and then swept away. Spine poetry round 5 score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Rather than following any rules on structure or rhyme, book spine poems invite aspiring poets to use only book titles to create a truly funky masterpiece. In honor of national poetry month, we did an activity in the library that ive been interested in trying for quite some timespine poetry. Maria popova of brain pickings adapted the spine sentences into poetry, and the idea quickly spread around the interwebs.
Instead students can choose existing book titles, arranging them in a way that creates an interesting poem, sentence, or phrase. Especailly for students who have difficulty beginning a writing piece. In one of those awesome check out the power of twitter moments, shannon thompson, an awesome librarian from athens, georgia, brought up spine poetry. Were going to take a look at a few examples of how book titles can be placed together and arranged to give us beautiful, silly, sad or dark poems. You, the poet, arent writing the words, trying to fit a form, or looking for words that rhyme. Book spine poetry 17 aug, 2017 this book spine poem is asking people to see those who stand outside of the limelight and dont quite fit in the mainstream mold of society.
They are using book spines to root for their respective teams in the world series. Ive tried book spine poetry before and didnt feel i was doing it that well. Book spine poetry is a free verse poem composed by. Sketchnoting is different from just drawing a picture about the book at the end of the story. Book spine poetry contest enter the book spine poetry. The lapl describes this book spine poetry trash talk as a library tradition. I tried to find a book spine to express my own feelings about this, but there dont seem to be any books titled indifferent or i don. Dont edit yet grab any spines that you think may work. Book spine poetry a break from the norm cleopatra loves books. With book spine poetry you dont have to start with a blank page, you start with a full book shelf. With bookspine poetry, libraries duel on newscut minnesota. Trailer trash, those that know me know that i love strong women, and i have to say that neely kate is a badass. Super simple book spine poetry by alycia zimmerman. Snap a photo of your masterpiece and presto, youre done.
The relationship i was going for here was small child and parent, but interpret it as you wish. The concept of book spine poetry appeared in 1993 with nina katchadourians sorted books project. Trash has long been treasure for poet naomi shihab nye. Teaching poetry to reluctant writers can be a daunting task. Just grab a bunch of books with interesting titles and stack them up to create a juicy column of poetry. Its somewhat comforting to know that the bookspine trash. Grades 12, 35, 68, 912 book spine poetry is so simple but creates intriguingly artistic results. You might know artist nina katchadourian or remember her airportbathroom flemish portraiture. I used a world without you as the title, not as part of the poem itself. How you do it is you take a look at the titles on the spines of the books on your book shelf and then arrange them into a poem. Katchadourian began collecting interesting titles and arranging them in clusters so the spines could be read like a sentence. Less a game and more an interesting literacy activity, the objective of book spine poetry is to use the words on book spines to create unique and original poetry. I liked it so much that i was inspired to write one of my own.