This is a writing activity which Nina Lauder presented at the recent FECEI conference in Madrid.  Instructions on writing your own ode are below.

Munchbucket,

Fluffy, grey, on the sofa

Munchbucket

Sitting – snuggly, quietly, strokably

On the sofa

Fluffy, grey, cute, mine

Munchbucket

To write an ode…

1. What/Who the ode is for

2. Two adjectives to describe it

3. Where is it?

4. Repeat 1

5. What’s it doing?

6. Three adverbs of how it’s doing the activity

7. Repeat 3

8. Repeat 2

9. Two new adjectives

10. Repeat 1