Between the Danube and the Russian River: A collaborative English classroom project between schools in California and Budapest.
 
Poem ideas: 
Describe a moment of great fatigue, a moment when you were exhausted. 
Describe your journey home from school in great detail.
Describe where you go to rest, relax, and recharge after a difficult day. 

 
Poem ideas:
Describe an animal or natural object that represents you. Explain the connection.
 
Poem ideas:
Begin with "It is a fine summer/autumn/winter/spring evening/day/morning/trip" and describe a favorite memory.
 
Poem ideas: 
Begin with "I am" and introduce yourself to the reader. Maybe describe what you "have had" or have not in your life. 
Begin with "I am" and describe who you were, are now, and will be in the future.
 
Poem ideas:
Write a poem from the third person point of view. Maybe make it a love or hate poem. What do you like and/or dislike about yourself. 
 
Poem ideas;
Write a poem listing some of the things you have done in life. What meaning can you find in your activity?
 
Poem idea:
Begin by listing things you have done or plan to do in life and end with Jozsef's line, "life of my own deciding!". Write a poem celebrating your freedom to do as you choose. What have you done with your freedom?
 
Poem ideas:

Write short poem describing a place you have visited in the recent past. Recall the most memorable specific details and describe them.  Don't tell the reader it was beautiful or fun or cold; show the reader by describing specific details that show just how beautiful it was. 
 
Poem ideas:

Write one stanza describing each of your family members and end by trying to sum up what they mean to you.
 
    Students,

    After closely reading the poems on the left, do your very best to use Jozsef's poems to inspire your own. Model your poems after his. Click the red "comments" Iink and post your poem that imitates Jozsef's in form, theme, and feeling.
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