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In order to learn each of the various poetry styles, you will need to visit the corresponding websites. Also, make sure you save all handouts given in class. Most of the handouts are available on this webquest too, but some will not be.
Students will create their poetry portfolio using Google Presentation. Please login to Google Classroom to access your Google Presentation.
After you learn about an acrostic poem, practice writing one using the above website. The acrostic that you include in your portfolio must use your name as the main word. Please use adjectives and phrases to make the poem especially descriptive of you.
Concrete
Visit this link to see how a create a concrete poem. Feel free to use an app such as sketchbook or Google Drawings to write your poem. You can also use paper too. Some more great concrete poem examples are available for you to see below! To help you organize your thoughts and give you some added help print out the worksheet from below in the attachments section...Concrete.
This site outlines the basic guidelines to write a traditional Haiku. Just remember to use the 5 - 7 - 5 syllable line pattern and make sure your topic is related to nature in some way.
After you read this explanation of a cinquain, I want you to keep in mind that you can use words instead of phrases to write each line. See the examples below.
Now that you have seen some examples of the cinquain form of poetry, I would like you to print out the following page to practice writing one. This cinquain requires you to get to know your friends a little better.
If you would rather not work with a partner to write a friendship cinquain, please use this form to write a cinquain on your own. Remember, it is up to you to decide if you are going to write the cinquain in word format or syllable format!
Diamante
A Diamante is a form of poetry that follows a recipe. The first line and last line are antonyms (opposites). The lines in between bridge the two topics together. This is a fun one! Look at some examples written by fourth graders to help get you started. Now print out this form to help guide you during your writing process.
People Poem
People Poetry is another recipe form of poetry. Print out the worksheet below in the attachments, titled People Poem, fill it in, and read the example. This should help guide you throughout the poetry poem writing process.
Free Verse
Free verse is pretty much just as it sounds. It is free of rules. You get to be creative with no limitations. It can rhyme, or not. It can be alligned however you see fit. The subject is up to you. Punctuation???capitalization???forgtaboudit! Some examples are listed below.
Check out this great web site to learn all about the funny poems entitled limericks! Here are some examples of limericks written by kids your age.
Use this site to try writing one of your own.
Bio-Poem
The class wants to get to know you better! This is your opportunity to write your autobiography in the form of a poem. Print out the Bio-Poem worksheet found below in the attachments, and fill it in to help organize your thoughts before writing your poem. Here is are some examples to read but keep in mind that there are many different formats to writing a bio-poem. So if the examples don't match your worksheet...that is OK! Examples.
A quatrain is a four line stanza that has an aabb pattern. What this means is that the last two words in lines one and two rhyme. The last two words in lines three and four also rhyme but they do not rhyme with lines one and two. Read this famous children's poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. He tells an entire story about a boy playing baseball using quatrain stanzas.
Your quatrain can be made up of just one or more than one stanza. It is up to you. Just remember to use the aabb format. Print out the Quatrain worksheet found below in the attachments for help.
Terse Verse
Terse Verse is really just a fancy poetry name for a riddle. However, there is something special about Terse Verse riddles. The answer to these riddles must have two rhyming words that are the same number of syllables. Check out a Terse Verse game here. Be sure to try the easy, medium and hard ones. We will use some of your original works for our class joke of the day!
PoetryReviews
Read or listen to two of the following poems by famous children's poets. Print out the Poetry Review worksheets found in the attachments section below. Fill out the form for each of the two that you decide to review (two worksheets total). Make sure you include them in your portfolio.
Sick by Shel Silverstein
Louder by Jack Prelutsky
Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face by Jack Prelutsky
Or another poem of your choice taken from any poetry books used in class or from the school library
Check out some of these awesome tools that will help you in writing your poems! Don't forget that you will also need to include your glossary page in your portfolio. See the evaluation section to find the requirements.
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