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Poetry Around the World Created by: Mrs. E. Alexander

Poetry Around the World Created by: Mrs. E. Alexander. Your Mission. You will travel to around the world learning about different types of poetry. After reading information from each form of poetry, you will receive a clue. Work to complete each poetry mission to move on to the next level.

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Poetry Around the World Created by: Mrs. E. Alexander

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  1. Poetry Around the World Created by: Mrs. E. Alexander

  2. Your Mission • You will travel to around the world learning about different types of poetry. • After reading information from each form of poetry, you will receive a clue. • Work to complete each poetry mission to move on to the next level. • You will be rewarded upon the completion of this trip!

  3. Follow the Symbols! • Click the on the bottom of every clue page to return to the map after completing each task. You must go to every star! • If you finished early, click on the to visit fun poetry sites! • Click on the action buttons to move from slide to slide within a country.

  4. Click on a star to go to a country on the map. Read through the slides, then complete the task for a reward!

  5. Japan

  6. Haiku • Japanese form of poetry that is hundreds of years old • Very short in length • Creates a picture, usually of nature • Form: • Seven syllables • Five syllables • Seven syllables

  7. The Flower The red blossom bends and drips its dew to the ground. Like a tear, it falls.

  8. Haiku Clue • Click on the envelope to see your task! • Log in and follow directions. • You must answer the question posted and respond to one student. • When you are finished, click on the star to go back to the map!

  9. Greece

  10. Imagery • Derived from Greece. • Draws the reader into a poem by using the senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch) • Focuses on images the reader already knows to create a picture in his/her mind.

  11. Stars by Robert Frost How countlessly they congregate O'er our tumultuous snow, Which flows in shapes as tall as trees When wintry winds do blow!-- As if with keenness for our fate, Our faltering few steps on To white rest, and a place of rest Invisible at dawn,-- And yet with neither love nor hate, Those stars like some snow-white Minerva's snow-white marble eyes Without the gift of sight.

  12. Imagery Clue • Click on the envelope below to go to your next clue. • Write a four line poem about nature or a season using imagery. • Choose a template in poster oven to support your poem and type your poem in the text box. • When you are finished, show your teacher, then click on the star to go back to the map!

  13. California

  14. Diamante • Unrhymed form of poetry created by Dr. Iris Tiedt from California. • Poem forms a diamond shape. Day Bright, sunny, Laughing, playing, doing, Up in the east, down in the west- Talking, resting, sleeping, Quiet, dark, Night

  15. The Diamante Poem Arrangement Line 1: Noun Line 2: Two adjectives Line 3: Three action verbs that end in "-ing" Line 4: Four nouns Line 5: Three action verbs that end in "-ing" Line 6: Two adjectives Line 7: Noun

  16. Diamante Clue • Click on the envelope to see the task you need to complete! • Create a Diamante Poem with your partner. • Tell your teacher when you are done so you can be rewarded!

  17. Greece

  18. Acrostic • Comes from Greek origins • Each line of the poem begins with a letter from the topic word. • All lines in the poem must relate to the topic word.

  19. TRAMPOLINE Tumbling through the airReady to becomeAir born at anyMoment, feeling the springsPush you upOver and around againLight as a featherInstantly rebounding,Naturally full ofEnergy

  20. Acrostic Clue • Click on the envelope. • When you are finished, click on the star to go back to the map!

  21. France

  22. Cinquain • Dates back to Medieval French poetry. • Also known as a quintet because it has five lines. • Has a rhymes scheme of ababb,abaab or abccb.

  23. Bubbles Bubbles Delicate balls Softly floating above Unbelievable happiness Transparent

  24. Cinquain Clue • Click on envelope. • Click Play. • Click on the cactus picture to make a cinquain. • When you are finished, click on the star to go back to the map!

  25. England

  26. Limerick poems can be traced back to the 14th century in English history. Used in Nursery Rhymes and other poems for children. They are short and funny. Limerick

  27. The Form of Limericks • Limericks consist of five lines. • Lines 1, 2, and 5 of Limericks have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another.  • Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other.

  28. Naughty Child A naughty young child at the zoo Teased a tortoise and polar bear too! But, by the look of the smile On that big crocodile, I think his teasing has ended, Don’t you?

  29. Click on the envelope below to go to the task you need to complete! When you are finished, click on the star to go back to the map! Limerick Activity

  30. Brazil

  31. Concrete Poetry • Started in Brazil. • Takes the shape of the object or animal it is describing. • Can be in any shape or form you can imagine!

  32. Sailboat Dove’s Song

  33. Concrete Clue • Click on the envelope below to go to the task you need to complete! • When you are finished, click on the star to go back to the map!

  34. New York

  35. Free Verse • Has been around for hundreds of years, but American poet Walt Whitman is given credit for making the form famous. • Free verse is a poem without meter or rhyme.

  36. Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me,  The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose. Song of the Open RoadBy: Walt Whitman

  37. Free Verse Clue • Click on the envelope below to complete your next task. • Make a free verse poem that is three lines long by moving the magnets around on the board. It has to make sense! • Once you are finished, click on the lightning bolt to complete additional activities.

  38. Click on an envelope below to take you to additional poetry activities! Poetry Webquest! Poetry Videos Poetry Engine! Poetry Form Finder! Rhyming Game

  39. Web 2.0 Tools and Sites • Haiku Chat: http://www.todaysmeet.com/AlexanderPoetry • Imagery Poster Oven: • http://www.posteroven.com/gui/product/poster3/ • Diamante Poem Template: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante/ • Acrostic Poem Template: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/ • Cinquain Creator: http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/flash_pie.htm • Online Limerick Quiz: http://www.mystudiyo.com/ch/a115178/go • Concrete Poem Creator: http://www.wild-about-woods.org.uk/elearning/concretepoetry/ • Free Verse Word Magnets: http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/createpoem.cfm?kit=3

  40. Resources • Amazing Race photo: http://momentumoffailure.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/amazing-race.jpg • Amazing Race envelope picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dryedmangoez/454930742/ • Shooting star picture: http://www.wallpaperseek.com/shooting-star-wallpapers_w5008.html • World map picture: http://alxa.ru/file/wallpaper/world_map.jpg • Animated plane: http://www.freefever.com/animatedgifs/animated/plane15.gif • World flags: http://www.learnsmart.ca/main/images/W302_WorldFlags_Front.jpg • Maps of countries: http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=maps%20of%20countries&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi • All music files: http://abmp3.com/ • Animated envelope: • http://www.mrmedders.co.uk/natsweb/Images/animated-envelope.gif

  41. Resources, cont’d • Japanese scene: http://images.mylot.com/userImages/images/postphotos/2091648.jpghttp://www.kohlersjapan.com/pics/JapanInfo/map_japan.jpg • Pictures of Greece: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Greece&FORM=BIFD# • Beach background; http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1023/1075121472_3a95a615c6.jpg • Dolphin picture: http://www.digitaldesktopwallpaper.com/wallpapers/desktop-wallpapers/dolphin_wallpaper_005_1024.jpg • Animated star background: http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/myanistarback2.gif • Pictures of California: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=California&FORM=BIFD# • Marquise diamond picture: http://www.sheerdiamonds.com/shop/images/marquise-diamond.jpg • Trampoline picture: http://sarahdessen.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/europa-trampoline-md.jpg • Pictures of France: http://1photoblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/eiffel-tower-at-night-paris-france.jpg • Picture of Big Ben: http://englishdepths.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/big_ben_at_dusk_london_england2.jpg

  42. Resources, cont’d • Limerick picture: • http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZW59DlfzvFI/Rrb9erBjZHI/AAAAAAAAATo/1XH91DriNRI/s400/screenhunter_07_may_12_1657.gif • Picture of kid with bear: http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funny-pictures-polar-bear-kid-glass-zoo.jpg • Pictures of Brazil: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Brazil&FORM=BIFD# • Concrete poetry examples: http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=concrete%20poetry&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi • Pictures of New York: http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=New+York&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= • Picture of woods: http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=wooded+road&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

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