Sometimes the best thing to do during Red Ribbon Week is for students to make their own poetry. Using the old poem Roses are red, violets are blue, it is easy for students to make up their own rhyme. Here are some examples.
Roses are red, violets are blue, I’ll never take drugs, how about you?
The roses are red, the night is black, I will not take drugs, because I am smarter than that.
Roses are red, trees are forest green, taking too many drugs could make me really bad.
The roses are red, the sheets are white, someone offers me drugs, I would say that is not right.
Roses are red, some bears are brown, taking drugs at any moment would make my parents frown.
Wear all colors, gray, yellow, gold, silver, khaki, hot pink, light, lime, striped, pretty pink, camouflage, rust, peach, cool cream, aqua, red, tan, purple, violet, red, white and blue. , black, red, navy blue, sky blue, bright plaid. Then some of the students will go directly to the dictionary and find others.
Others such as aquamarine, blue, beige, chocolate, coral, crimson, salmon, turquoise, brick fuchsia, honeydew, indigo, ivory, lavender, lemon chiffon, cyan, linen, magenta, garnet, pink, moccasin, Peru, sienna, teal, thistle and many others.
If you really want to see the color, you can go online and in the search box type the names of the html colors and it will take you to a site that will show the child the actual color.
After trying something simple like the poem Roses Are Red, ask them to try other forms of poetry. The ones that most students know about or are taught in elementary school are haiku, tongue twisters, and limericks.
Have students try other styles of poetry like haiku. Haiku poetry is a Japanese verse without rhyme. Seventeen syllables total, three non-rhyming lines of five, seven, and five syllables. It is usually written in the present tense. Rumor has it that the 5/7/5 rule was made for schoolchildren to understand and learn this kind of poetry. Although this is generally used to describe the seasons, it works well to describe the results of taking drugs. Or you are right to describe things that can be done in addition to drugs.
A tongue twister would be fun too. Students love doing tongue twisters because they can be silly and they don’t have to make a lot of sense. Alliterations could be taught right now because that’s what tongue twisters are. Tongue twisters are made up of lines that are hard to say quickly. The poem should tie your tongue in knots.
Another type of poetry that you could try on the subject of drugs is a limerick. A limerick is a five-line rhymed humorous poem. The rhyme scheme is aabba.
All of these types of poetry could be used successfully to get students to express their feelings about drugs. Or they could use them to express their fears about drugs, their desire to stay away from drugs. Poetry is just a way to express your inner feelings without fear. Red Ribbon week is an ideal time to teach poetry and express these feelings.