Writing with the Five Senses

Using poetry to build images. Have your students pick a place to visit in their mind and create mental images using their five senses. Use each sense to begin a line in the poem. Check Shelfari for more books related to this topic.
The following are excerpts from a fourth grade class... read to create images in your mind.

...Hear the footsteps on the dried leaves

...Feel the cool wind whipping across my face

...Smell the fresh, clean air, carried from the sweet smelling trees