David Stoner GENRE CHOICES AS OF OCTOBER 28TH, 2009
• Personal Experience Narrative ◄ o Couplets
• Poetry ◄ o Poems Using Spanish
o I Never Told Anyone… Words
o This Is Just To Say – William o William Carlos Williams’
Carlos Williams - I’m sorry… Poems
o All the Places to Love o Poems for Two or More
o When I’m twenty-five… Voices
o I Am From… o Count Up
o Imagine a place…◄ o Count Down
o Couplet
Imagine a night…◄
o Found Poem
o Imagine a day…◄
o Pantoum
o What if…◄
o Pleiades
o William Blake style ◄
o Quatrain
o Lies◄ • How To / Expository writing
o I am from… • Graphic Novels ◄
o I Wish… ◄ • Friendly Letters
o Come with me to… • Persuasive Paragraph
o Follow me to… • Persuasive Essay
o Take me to… • Television or Movie Review
o Someday there will be… • Book Review
o I Used to but now… ◄ • Research Report
o Comparisons • Biography
o I hope… ◄ • Autobiography
o I wanted… ◄ • Song Lyrics Redo
o I was disappointed… ◄ • Count Up / Count Down
o I dreamed… ◄ _______________________________
o The Third Eye ◄
Story Ideas or Poetry
• What moment delighted you? ◄
o I seem to be, but really I
• What moment scared you? ◄
am… ◄ • What moment confused you? ◄
o I used to be, but now…◄
• What moment mystified you? ◄
o Cinquain • What moment excited you? ◄
o Haiku • What moment hurt you? ◄
o Shape • A moment made you proud? ◄
o Acrostic (Alphabet poem) • What moment made you lose self
o Diamante confidence? ◄
o Colors • What moment confirmed
o Autumn / Winter something for you? ◄
o Quatrain • A moment made you uneasy? ◄

David Stoner GENRE CHOICES AS OF OCTOBER 28TH, 2009
• A moment made you bored? ◄ • Who was your first love? ◄
• A moment changed your life? ◄ • The biggest influence on you? ◄
• Where did you feel safe? ◄ • Who were (are) you afraid of? ◄
• Where did you feel scared? ◄ • Who did (is) comforted you? ◄
• Where did you feel confused? ◄ • Who were the bringers of joy? ◄
• Where did you feel angry? ◄ • Who has made you laugh? ◄
• Where did you learn to be • Who has made you feel
independent? ◄ important? ◄
• Where did you feel trapped? ◄ • Who beat you up or who did you
• Where were you loved? ◄ beat up? ◄
• A time you ran away. ◄ • Who do you admire? ◄
• A time you escaped. ◄ • Who admires you? ◄
• A time you a first time doing a new • Who is your best friend? ◄
thing. ◄ • Who is your worst enemy? ◄
• A time that was horrible but now • Your biggest nightmare? ◄
you laugh about it? ◄ • Who was your greatest dream? ◄
• The day you were no longer a • Who feared you? ◄
child. ◄ • Who do you fear? ◄
• An encounter with death. ◄ •
• A time you did something that you
shouldn’t have. ◄
• A time you did something that you
were proud of. ◄
• A time you were mystified. ◄
• A time you were mystified. ◄
• A time you were confused. ◄
• A time you lost something ◄
(anything) forever. ◄
• Time you discovered something.
• A time things happened that
confirmed something for you. ◄
• A time you were in awe. ◄
• A time you came back home. ◄
• Where did you feel safe? ◄
• Where were you scared? ◄
• Where were you scared? ◄
• Where were you angry? ◄
• Where did you learn
independence? ◄
• Where were you trapped? ◄
• Where were you loved? ◄
• Where is your mystery place? ◄