"Someday Poems" work well because everybody has dreams and can find a unique voice for expressing hopes for the future.
Teach your students to be very specific and use concrete details to create a vivid picture for their readers. Model with your own "Someday Poems" and share brainstorming techniques to help them come up with ideas.
Here is an example of an effective "Someday Poem" that one of my students wrote:
Someday
Someday I will communicate with dolphins and sharks. I will dive into the blue pool and make echo noises.
Someday I will own a giant walk-in closet full of blue jeans and cool shirts, but no dresses! I will choose my own outfits every day of the week.
Someday I will spend all day shopping at the mall with all of my friends. I'll have my own magic credit card and buy presents for everyone I know.
Someday I will own Sea World and visit every day to feed the animals. I will let everyone who comes early get in for free.
