Poetry Unit Mrs. Stevens

1. Poetry UnitMrs. Stevens • The following poetry unit will be put together as a booklet. • The left hand side of your poetry book will consist of poems you create throughout this powerpoint. The right hand side will consist of poems that you find in library books using examples of the types of poems we are writing.

2. Idiom example:Idioms for idiotsby: John Randal You can’t cry over spilled milk! My mother always said. Life’s not a piece of cake! She hammered in my head. That’s the way it goes, That’s the way the cookie crumbles’ My mother saved her idioms For all my idiotic troubles

3. TANKA POEM USING IDIOM EMBARASSED By: Mrs. Stevens • I sit in my chair • The teacher is staring hard • Silence upon me • “Cat got your tongue young lady?” • I want to crawl in a hole!

4. TANKA(using one example of an idiom create a tanka poem of your own) • Line one - 5 syllables • Line two – 7 syllables • Line three - 5 syllable • Line four - 7 syllables • Line five - 7 syllables

5. SIMILE EXAMPLE:HOCKEYBy: Bobby Hockey is like walking on a cold floor. The crowd is like angry elephants stamping their Feet. The goalies are like the speed of light. The zamboni is like a big mop.

6. People Poem for Simile • Person my poem will be about: • Face: • Smile: • Hands: • Arms: • Legs: • Fingers: • Heart: • Stare: • Voice: • Laugh:

7. My Mom • Her Face is as inviting as a swimming pool on a hot summer day • Her smile is as deep as a canyon • Her hands are soft like a rabbits cotton tail • Her arms are as comforting as a blanket on a cold day • Her legs are as skinny as a piece of string • Her fingers are like magical wands when you are sick • Her heart is like a full moon at night • Her voice is like my favorite song playing over and over on the radio • Her laugh is like the best day of my life

8. Fill in the blanks below to create your own simile poem: • As poor as a ___________ • As strong as an __________ • As cute as a _____________ • As smart as ____________ • As thin as a __________ • As white as a __________ • As fit as a _________ • As dumb as a ________ • As bald as a ________ • As neat as a __________ • As proud as a ___________ • As ugly as a ____________ Lansky

9. METAPHOR EXAMPLE:metaphor for a family • My family lives inside a medicine chest: • Dad is the super-size band aid, strong and powerful but not always effective in a crisis • Mom is the middle size tweezer, which picks and pokes and pinches • David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf, sometimes ignored • Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball, stained and dirty, that pops off the shelf and bounces in my way as I open the door • I am the wood and glue which holds us together with my love Belinda

10. Create your own medicine cabinet family: • Using at least 5 family members compare them to a room in your house or something you would find in that room…like the previous poem • You can use the kitchen, refrigerator, computer, bathroom, basement… BE CREATIVE!

11. ALLITERATION EXAMPLE:bonnie baboon By: Alaina A. Bonnie baboon bit bananas by the Bishops Boutique But bonnie bit bad bananas and now She’s badly blue

12. Alliteration on your own: • Choose one of the following to help you create your own alliteration poem • Make up a twister about a famous person you know a lot about • Make up a twister about popular products you use • Make up a twister about a teacher you’ve had…be nice  • Make up a twister about your favorite subject in school

13. Personification PoemSKY by: Grace Nichols Tall and blue true and open So open my arms have room For all the world For sun and moon For birds and stars Yet how I wish I had the chance to come drifting down to earth- A simple bed sheet covering some little girl or boy Just for a night But I am Sky That’s why

14. PERSONIFICATION ACTIVITY: • In the next 2 minutes write down as many nouns as you can think of (person, place, thing) Monkey Tree Wind Snow Sky Leaf

15. Personification activity cont. • Take the next two minutes to write down as many verbs as you can think of (it’s what you do) Whispered Smiled Laughed Jumped Roared

16. Personification activity cont. * Using both of your lists you are now going to create ten sentences using personification. The leaf danced across the sky on its journey away from the tree. After creating your ten sentences choose one of the sentences as a framework for your poem…you can even make it your title if you wish

17. ONOMATOPOEIA POEMslurp! By: Melissa Oh no! I hear something Crash ahhhhh Something’s near I have a lot of fear Clink, clink, clink It’s here, It’s here It’s black in the room It’s on my bed! SLURP! Oh, It’s just my cat! Meow! Homework: find at least One example of a comic strip Using onomatopoeia and bring it in to share with the class tomorrow

18. Onomatopoeia Assignment: Brainstorm some words that sound like their meaning; Buzz, thump, pop… Write some sentences using those words (at least 3) Many comic strips use onomatopoeia. Write and illustrated a comic strip for your poetry notebook. (have at least for boxes and use at least 2 onomatopoeia examples from above.)

19. Rhyme Poem: I Miss You I miss you in the morning;I miss you late at night.Just to think about youIs my joy and my delight. I can't wait to see you;Please hurry and come back.You always make me happy;You have that special knack! By Joanna Fuchs

20. Rhyme Activity:Clerihew • Clerihews have just a few simple rules: • They are four lines long. • The first and second lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other. • The first line names a person, and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person. • A clerihew should be funny.

21. Clerihew Example:Lansky Our art teacher, Mr. Shaw, Really knows how to draw. But his awful paintings Have caused many faintings.

22. Rhyming song fun:Down by the BayBy: Raffi • After listening to the song Down by the Bay create three new verses for the song… Down by the bay Where the watermelons grow Back to my home I dare not go! For if I do My mother will say Did you ever see a _____________ Lying on a _____________ Down by the bay!

23. Symbolism poetry example:you are a thorn • To those who have hurt me by calling me a name • You are a thorn • To those who make fun and make me feel shame • You are a thorn • To those who have loved me day by day • You are a rose • To those who have helped me and shown me the way • You are a rose • By Joshua

24. Symbolism activity:Creating a Personal Poem ________________ First name _____________ ______________ ___________ List three adjectives about yourself Sibling (or child/grandchild of) Lover of Who feels Who needs Who gives Who fears Who would like to see _______________ Last name

25. Symbolism activity # 2Concrete Poem • A concrete poem is one that takes the shape of the object it describes love is a patient love is patient love Love is kind love is kind love never fa Love never fails isls love is patient Love is patient love is kind love never fails Love is patient love is kind love never fails love is patient love is kind lovelove love never fails love is pat ient love is ki nd love ne ver fail s

26. Rhythm poem:Lansky • There was an old man from Peru, da DUM dada DUM dada DUM (3 DUMS) • who dreamed he was eating his shoe. da DUM dada DUM dada DUM (3 DUMS) • He awoke in the night da DUM dada DUM (2 DUMS) • with a terrible fright,dada DUM dada DUM (2 DUMS) • and found out that it was quite true. da DUM dada DUM dada DUM (3 DUMS)

27. Rhythm activity:following the pattern below create your own limerick • An easy way to get started is to pick a boy’s or girl’s name that has one syllable (like Bill, Tim, Dick, Sue, or Jill). There once was a fellow (or young girl) named ____(pick an easy name with one syllable). We’ll pick “Jill.” So the first line is: “There once was a young girl named Jill.” • Now make a list of words that rhyme with the last word in the first line—in this case, Jill. Your list of rhyming words might include: hill, drill, pill, skill, bill, will, and ill. • Now write the second line using one of the rhyming words. Here’s an example: “Who freaked at the sight of a drill.” (Notice that the last words in the first two lines rhyme and that both the first and second lines contain 3 DUMS or beats.)

28. Rhythm activity cont. • Now think of an interesting story. What could happen to someone scared of a drill? Well, you might have an interesting story if Jill had to go to the dentist. Here’s what might happen in the third and fourth lines. “She brushed every day.” “So, her dentist would say,” (Notice that “day” and “say,” the last words in the third and fourth lines, both rhyme. And notice there are 2 DUMS or beats in each line.) • Now you need to go back to the list of “A” rhyming words to find one that can end the poem. Here’s an example: “Your teeth are quite perfect. No bill.”