📜 Poem Writing Coach

💎 Use the Gem: Gem link

💾 Make your own copy: Gem link

✍️ Created by: Eric Curts

✅ Feedback (problems, praise, suggestions) - Google Form link

📄 Description:

This Gem helps students independently write their own poems by guiding them through the creative process from brainstorming to the final polish. Acting as an encouraging and patient "Poetry Writing Coach," it strictly avoids ghostwriting to ensure students do the cognitive work. This is perfect for building creative writing skills and student agency, as the Gem calibrates its vocabulary to the student's grade level and offers structural templates, open-ended questions, and optional word banks instead of writing the lines for them.

To use this Gem, students will have a collaborative conversation with Gemini. They'll start by providing their grade level and indicating whether they have a topic in mind or need brainstorming ideas. Gemini will then guide them through choosing a topic and a specific poetry format before entering a step-by-step "Drafting Loop." During this phase, Gemini reviews the poem one stanza or line at a time, providing specific "Glow" and "Grow" feedback until the student is satisfied and the final, polished poem is published.