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POETRY STUDY. Expectations. Rubric. Cover Example. POETRY STUDY (draw picture if you like) By: Jane Smith 8 th hr. ESL December 2010. Table of Contents Example. Table of Contents 5W(H). . . . . . . . .p.1 Acrostic . . . . . . .p.2 ABC Alliteration . . .p.3
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Cover Example POETRY STUDY (draw picture if you like) By: Jane Smith 8th hr. ESL December 2010
Table of Contents Example Table of Contents • 5W(H). . . . . . . . .p.1 Acrostic . . . . . . .p.2 ABC Alliteration . . .p.3 • Cinquain . . . . . . .p.4 • Concrete . . . . . . .p.5 • Diamante . . . . . . .p.6 Five Senses. . . . . .p.7 • Haiku . . . . . . . . p.8 Number Poem . . . . . p.9 Original Work. . . . p.10
Acrostic • Written vertically. • About a specific topic. • Only one word or a short phrase.
Acrostic Example W I N T E R Wonderful Icy New Year Time off School Excellent Snowball Fights Rewarding Time With Family MORE PLEASE!!!
Haiku • Three lines long. • Describes something from nature. • There are a certain number of syllables for each line. • Line 1: 5 syllables • Line 2: 7 syllables • Line 3: 5 syllables
Haiku Example Pretty yellow Sun Shiny rays warming my skin Brightening my day
Concrete • Also called a ‘shape poem’. • Should be written in the shape it is describing.
Concrete Example • A poem written about an eye should be written to show a picture of an eye. or • A poem could be written to fill the object to describes. Squares are sharp, Have equal sides Always reliable
Alphabet Alliteration • Use every letter of the alphabet. • Each line must use ‘alliteration’. • What is alliteration? • Each line should have 4-8 words. • Must make sense. • NOTE: You may skip “X”.
ABC Alliteration Example A – Athletic alligators ate artichoke appetizers. B – Bright bumblebees burned brownies. C – Chatty carolers create Christmas cheer. D – Daring Dinah dodged drizzly dew drops. E – Elephants excite Eleanor’s ecru eggplants. F – Florescent fried fish feel fuzzy. G – Green ground grows gripping grapefruit. H – Happy helicopters hovering. I – Icy igloos inside inkwells. J – Juicy jellybeans jiggle jollily. K – Kickboxing kangaroos keep kicking. L – Lovely lilies lick lollipops. M – Mike madly misses Molly.
Cinquain • Cinquain means ‘five’ in French. • Cinquain poems are five line poems. • Each line has a different purpose. • Line 1: noun • Line 2: 2 adjectives • Line 3: 3 -ing words • Line 4: four word phrase • Line 5: another synonym noun
Cinquain Example dessert cold, creamy eating, giggling, licking cone with three scoops ice cream More Examples: http://courses.missouristate.edu/shaejohnson/CinquainPoetryInstrucandEx.htm
Number Poem • Number poems use your telephone number, including the area code. • Each number tells you how many syllables the line must include. • It is written vertically (up and down). • Number poems focus on a specific topic.
Number Poem Example 6 – Parties on the street now 3 – Lots of fun 0 – 2 – People 3 – Loud voices 1 – Games 7 – Food, music, and many friends 8 – Children running, grown ups talking 7 – People splashing in the pool 2 – Party
Diamante • Begin with one topic, end with the opposite. • Seven lines, each with a different purpose. • Line 1: noun • Line 2: two adjectives describing the noun • Line 3: three –ing words describing the noun • Line 4: four words – 2 words for noun, 2 words for opposite noun • Line 5: three –ing words describing the opposite noun • Line 6: two adjectives describing opposite noun • Line 7: opposite noun
Diamante Example squaresymmetrical, conventionalshaping, measuring, balancingboxes, rooms,clocks, halosencircling, circumference, enclosinground, never-endingcircle
More Diamante Examples http://www.franklinlakes.k12.nj.us/famsweb/curriculum/English/diamantepoems/diamante.html
5W(H) • This poem is 5 lines long & tells a story. • Each of the following ‘questions’ must be answered. • Who? • What? • Where? • When? • Why? • You may choose to add a sixth line telling ‘how’.
5W(H) Example WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? HOW? A little old man Sits on a bench In the park On a sunny afternoon To wait for his wife Happily
Five Senses • Use your 5 senses to investigate a subject. • Use only similes, comparing things using ‘like’ or ‘as’. • Use the five senses – sight, sound, taste, touch, and looks. • How an object makes you feel.
Five Senses Example Summer Summer is yellow. It tastes like popsicles melting on our tongues. It sounds like children splashing in a cool, clear lake. It smells as sweet as blooming daffodils. It looks as fresh as a cool glass of lemonade. It makes me feel overjoyed.
Original Work • You must write one poem of your own in ‘freestyle’. • You may not use any of the formats already used in your book. • It may be in any format (lines, sentences, phrases across a page, vertical or horizontal, etc.) • It may be silly or serious, happy or mad. • You may rhyme, but you do not have to.
Original Work Examples Beauty is in the EYE of the beholder But does the beholder re al ly SEE? Oranges Are my favorite fruit So orange and round Juicy, too Oh, if I may have just One fruit I’d choose oranges… Wouldn’t you?