There are several variations to this exercise, but the one that has been the most popular (both as a student of writing and as an instructor) is the following:
- You can start each student with the same line, if that seems easiest, or you can have the students come up with their own first line of poetry.
- Pass the sheet to the left, and the next person reads that line, writes a subsequent line, and then folds over the first line so only the most recent line is showing. Continue to do so for however long you wish, making sure each time, the paper is folded back so only one line of the poem is showing. You can switch directions, collect and pass back out, etc., so that students don't have to continue to respond to the same person's lines.
This is a fun one to read aloud, to see which directions students have gone.
A word of warning: If you have sensitive issues in the classroom, or if you believe they need to be told, make sure you let students know what is inappropriate and what is not. I haven't had issues in university classrooms, but doing this as a high school teacher, there is an opportunity for slight anonymity in responses, which some kids might take advantage of in a not-so-poetic way.
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