Step 2 - Now that you know what the story is about - what its
theme is - think of how you can write about the story and make
it sound like a poem. Your perception of the story, that is, what
you think about it, should steer your ideas about what to write.
For examples --
If you do not like bugs, you might not see the point in Jenny taking
out time to save a grasshopper. On the other hand, if you do like
bugs, you might want to praise Jenny for saving the grasshopper.
Or, what if you want to talk about the bugs body parts? You could
make your poem about legs, eyes, wings, and so forth. You could
also write about the grasshopper's colors blending, or
camouflaging with the sidewalk.
Let' say you think it was lucky that Jenny had good eyes and was
able to see the grasshopper in order to avoid crushing it with her
feet or slashing it with her rope. You could write about this aspect
of the story too.
The main thing to do while writing your poem is to concentrate on
writing whatever you believe the story is about; and to remember
that this is a creative process. Everyone who writes a poem for this
lesson will have something different to say about the Grasshopper
story. So, let your poem be about your thoughts and your feelings. :}