Sensory Poems Warm-Up

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Sensory Poems Warm-Up

• Work with a partner and go to each poster around
  the room. Brainstorm ideas and add your words to
  the list.
• Examples
• Emotions anger
• Colors red
• Nouns you can Hear fire engine
• Nouns you can Smell fire crackers
• Nouns you can Taste jalapeno peppers
• Nouns you can See flames
• Nouns you can Touch knife

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How to Write a Sensory Poem

• Line 1 Emotion Color
• Line 2 It sounds like
• Line 3 It smells like
• Line 4 It tastes like
• Line 5 It looks like
• Line 6 Emotion feels like

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Example 1

• Anger is red.
• It sounds like a fire engine.
• It smells like firecrackers.
• It tastes like jalapeño peppers.
• It looks like flames.
• Anger feels like a knife.

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Example 1 with Sensory Adjectives

• Anger is red.
• It sounds like a squealing fire engine.
• It smells like pungent firecrackers.
• It tastes like spicy jalapeño peppers.
• It looks like jagged flames.
• Anger feels like a sharp knife.

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Example 2

• Cheerfulness is yellow.
• It sounds like the cooing laughter of a baby.
• It smells like the fragrant lilies of the valley.
• It tastes like a sweet pie a la mode.
• It looks like a brilliant field of sunflowers.
• Cheerfulness feels like the warm sun.