Answer the questions below for a brainstorm

Think about what it would be like to have a magic backpack that gave you the perfect thing to survive the day.

• What do you think the first thing you will pull out will be?
  • Make a list of all the items you might pull out.
• What would they be?
• How would you feel?
• If you pulled out a magic pen that was only able to write your truest hopes, wants, and needs, what would they be?
• What if it stopped working on a bad day, what would you do?
• What if you got the best things when you were in a good mood and the worst when you were in a bad mood?
• What is this feeling similar to?

Create a poem

Using the questions above, create a poem with the answers you have come up with. Use the strip paper (in attached .pdf) to jot down answers and cut them out. Here are some guidelines:

• The poem does not have to start in any particular way, but as a suggestion try starting the poem with the line:  “I am the owner of a magic backpack; every morning I stick my hand inside and it contains exactly what I need for the day. One day it contained_____________________”
• Insert an item from your list at the end of the suggested line.
• Use the strip paper to neatly write down just the answers to the questions to consider above
  • Rephrase the question and include your answer
  • Ex: a magic pen that could only write my truest hopes would tell a story about love and Kindness. It would write all the ways I want to help the people I hold dear.
  • Feel free to add in other strips if you’re feeling creative
  • Remember to try to describe what things look like, smell like, and feel like. Describe what they are similar to or remind you of.
    • Ex. On a bad day, my world feels like a rollercoaster zooming through hills. If I can’t pull out breaks from my backpack it would be like free falling from a mountain.
      • THE UNDERLINE WORDS ARE THE WORDS CHOSEN TO DESCRIBE THE FEELING OF HAVING A BAD DAY AND ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS OF EMOTIONS
      • THE BOLD WORDS ARE THE WORDS REPHRASED FROM THE QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
• Cut out strip paper
• Arrange and rearrange strips until you find your perfect match.
• READ YOUR POEM OUT LOUD
• Paste poem in the order you would like it to be read in
• Decorate construction paper
• Share your masterpiece

See lesson plan .pdf for activity worksheet