Ordinary to Poetic
We also call this activity “Look at a ________ through a poet’s eyes.” Choose a subject. Things from nature or 
every day objects work well. Have students use ordinary words and phrases to describe the subject. Then have them look at the subject in a different way and use metaphor and simile to describe it (Heard, 1999). Here is an example of one that my students did while looking at this conch shell:
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Looking at Shell with Poet’s Eyes:
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Tags: Mentor Texts, Poetry Writing, Six-Trait Writing, Word Choice, Writing Minilessons