6th Grade Poetry Unit

1. 6th Grade Poetry Unit

2. Poetry Terminology Rhythm - the natural beat or movement you feel as you read a poem. Rhyme - a repetition of sounds at the end of lines of verses. Stanza - a group of lines into which a poem may be divided. Refrain - a phrase, line or group of lines repeated at various times in a poem.

3. CINQUAIN Cinquain poems are five lines in length with certain unrhymed specifications. Line 1: title 1 word Line 2: description of title 2 words Line 3: action of the title 3 words Line 4: feeling about title 4 words Line 5: synonym of title 1 word

4. CINQUAIN EXAMPLES Whales Ocean giants Diving, breaching, feeding Owners of the sea Mammals Kori Brooks Flute Musical tool Playing, creating, singing The sounds of life Instrument Stephanie Theissen Moon Heaven’s delight Gleaming, shining, glowing, Object of deep mystery Jewel TJK Chocolate Dark Dream Melting, tempting, satisfying Definitely to die for Heaven TJK

5. CINQUAIN EXAMPLES Birds Graceful creatures Soaring, diving, hovering With wings spread out Lovely Todd Haggard Soccer Coolest game Kicking, passing, saving Could play all day Goalie FKZ Friend Caring, kind Listening, laughing, supporting Always there for you Amiga DCZ Isabelle Golden, chubby Playing, sleeping, terrorizing My cuddly little friend Kitty DCZ

6. Cars Fantastic, amazing Vroom, zoom, speeding Screaming metal death trap Mustang Block 1 Barney Silly, enormous Singing, dancing, playing We have fun together Dinosaur Block 1 Class Examples of Cinquain Poems Kittens Fluffy, soft Running, playing, manipulating They are so adorable Sweethearts Block 2 Love Scary, tough Heartbreaking, fighting, arguing It will never last Pain Block 2

7. LIMERICKS The limerick poem takes it’s name from Limerick, Ireland. The limerick is a humorous, nonsense verse of 5 lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme Lines 3 and 4 rhyme

8. LIMERICK EXAMPLES A patient of old Dr. Black Had an awful pain in his back The doc cured his ill With a huge purple pill And a ride around the park piggyback! A terrible gardener named Dean Grew carrots that ended up green His tomatoes turned blue The string beans too. And his corn smelled like sardines!

9. LIMERICK POEMS A vicious pirate named Jack Snuck up on his enemies from the back But Jack didn’t care He just sat in his chair And ordered his mates to attack! Every kid deserves brownies All kids, in all counties Every kid is born good Even if they’re from the hood Kids who don’t have brownies, have frownies Mike Visconti

10. Class Examples of Limerick Poems The sidewalk had a big crack I fell and broke my back I whimpered in pain Tried to crawl in vain My bruises were blue and black Block 1 The bridge was big and tall There wasn’t a chance it would fall It was so heavy Holds 10 Chevys For certain, it isn’t small. Block 1 I saw all of the teachers They were all standing on bleachers They begged to complain About the big game They sounded like wild creatures. Block 2

11. ACROSTICS An acrostic poem differs from other poetry in that the first letter of each lines spells a word which can be read vertically. The rhyme pattern, number of words, and lines vary in acrostic poems. ALPHABET and NAME POETRY are other styles of acrostic poems.

12. EXAMPLE ACROSTICS Ball dribbling down A court going Straight for the basket. Leaping in the air like a Kite flying in the sky. The basketball player Ending up on the floor To see the Ball go into the basket. Hands up in the Air having team mates Laughing and Loving it!

13. EXAMPLE ACROSTICS Making our day special and bright Offering kind words to heal our wounds Teaching us to have good manners Helping us with our problems Easing our pain by Reaching out her hand Simply because she loves you.

14. Everyone needs them to eXplain what to do And help them with any problems. Making work easier for People to understand. It Lets people think about Everything that’s needed to be Successful in life. Block 2 Examples of Acrostic Poems

15. Outline and Concrete Poems Outline and concrete poems are designed to give the poet more freedom in the way poems are constructed. Such poems express the meaning or feeling of the poem by illustrating the shape of the poet’s idea.

16. The Moon Moon The blue moon shines down from heaven, above the clouds, near the stars, on the people below in their box houses, asleep on their tiny little beds, under the warm and comfy covers.

17. Light Bulb With a light bulb you can see things like the boogieman who hides in the dark or monsters under your bed at night time or the ugly pair of jeans and dirty socks in your walk-in closet. Light bulbs appear over little cartoon characters’ heads when they have an idea sopeople knowit. A lightbulb is usedin so many ways. Turn one on!

18. TV-aholic I'm a TVaholic My mom says Honestly, I really don’t watch that much TV 4 3 h h o o u u r r s s o o n n M S o u n n d d a a y y 5 hours on Saturday, 6 hours on Thursday

19. Haiku Haiku is a form of poetry that is charming, unrhymed and unique. Haiku topics are generally about nature. It is composed of 3 lines totaling 17 syllables. Line one: 5 syllables Line two: 7 syllables Line three: 5 syllables

20. Haiku Examples Snowcapped mountain tops High above the prairie grass A beautiful sight. TJK The rising full moon Stretches across the landscape Shadows dance the night. TJK Giants of Forests Standing tall above all else Always watching us Brittney Shaloy A star is born new Suddenly bright, beautiful Burning with white light. Tyler Brizee

21. Haiku Examples Grass muscles through cracks In the city’s stark pavement Where have the sheep gone? M. Bollock Snow falls to the ground In different little flakes Each unique and white Chris Gunn Raindrops dance from clouds Getting caught in the sunlight Rainbows fill the sky DCZ Tulips reach for sun Daffodils spread their petals Spring is in the air DCZ

22. The beautiful moon Scorching bright, beaming on us Gentle little sphere Block 1 Wolves are beautiful Creatures are very hairy Dark night animals Block 1 Ladybugs climb trees Black spotted crawling creatures Very lady-like Block 1 Trees are very tall Touching the blue sky above To them we are small Block 2 Waterfalls moving Fast and loud, large and sulking Wetting rocks below Class Examples of Haiku Poems

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