Poetry Page
List Poetry Wednesday 11th February
It can't just be a long list of things though! It needs to have some description and often has a line at the beginning and/or at the end to introduce or complete the poem.
What's in the box under my bed?
eight marbles and a shoestring
a shiny bubblegum ring
two valuable baseball cards
some chocolate candy bars
a letter my friend wrote
Shape Poems or Calligrams - Tues 10 February
Another word for Calligrams or shape poems is concrete poetry. Click on the link to visit Poetry 4 Kids to find out more about how to write concrete poetry.
Click on the picture to visit the Espresso Poetry page - don't forget you will need your username and password:
Username: student27974
Password: golden
Thursday 4th February - Lesson 4 - Limericks
Limericks are loads of fun! Click on the picture to find out more about limericks.
The Rules of Limericks
Limericks, like all poetic forms, have a set of rules that you need to follow. The rules for a limerick are fairly simple:
They are five lines long.
Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with one another.
Lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other.
They have a distinctive rhythm
They are usually funny.
A Famous Limerick:
There was an old man of Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket;
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
— Anonymous
Find out more about Limericks by clicking on the Poetry 4 Kids Link below.
Wednesday 3rd February - Lesson 3 - Kennings
Look at the Kennings Rules poster to remind you about the features of kennings!
Here are four Kennings that we've created in class! Can you guess them?
Wormy-wiggler
Mess-maker
Face-decorator
Cheesy-shaker
Mean-miser
Coin-counter
Christmas-hater
Money-mounter
Road-traveller
Load-taker
Monster-growler
Pollution maker
Night-prowler
Prickly-snuffler
Ball-curler
Bug-hunter
Tuesday 2nd February - Lesson 2 - Imagery
Watch the video below by clicking on the picture link to learn about how poets use imagery in their poems.
The poems 'The School Bell' and 'Spaghetti' by Frank Flynn and 'The Beach' by William Hart-Smith are read over a visual background. Craig Charles discusses how the poets have used simile and metaphor to create images.
What have we learnt from Lesson 2?
We have learnt all about the different types of imagery used in poems to create pictures in reader's heads. Below is a reminder.
Monday 1st February - Lesson 1 - Poetry in different forms
Watch the two videos to think about different styles of poetry. Then complete your challenge:
Watch the Joseph Coelho video again from 00.42 to 02.48.
Think about which poem you like best and why you like it better - the haiku or the sonnet, then look at the questions below and answer in your book
1. What do you like about each poem?
2. Do you dislike anything about each poem?
3. Which do you like better? Why?
What have we learnt from Lesson 1?
A haiku is a very short poem that has some very specific rules.
It is three lines long.
The first and last lines have five syllables.
The middle line has seven syllables.
A sonnet is a much longer poem but also has rules.
It has 14 lines
It is split into four verses
The first three verses have four lines.
The fourth verse has two lines.
It uses rhyme.
A poem with no verse has no rules whatsoever. It does not follow a structure and it’s up to the poet to decide how many lines they want, if they want verses and if they want it to rhyme.