Writing

2. Writing

3. What have you learned about poetry the past two weeks?

4. has complete sentences requires capitalization and punctuation does not rhyme is structured by paragraphs allows sentence fragments and does not have to follow rules for sentence structure has optional capitalization and punctuation used for style can be rhyming or nonrhyming is structured by stanzas (groups of lines of poetry) What are the differences between poetry and prose? PROSE POETRY

5. A quatrain is a four-line poem or four-line stanza of a longer poem. It expresses one thought and has a variety of rhyming patterns. In one pattern, the first two lines and the last two lines rhyme (AABB). In another pattern, the first and third lines and the second and fourth lines rhyme (ABAB). A third pattern could have only the second and fourth line rhyme. (ABCB)

6. Everyone remembers old Rodeo Bill,How he roped his steer with cunning skillBut now he just sits in the bleachers and grins,While the feisty crowd cheers and the show begins. The first and second lines and the third and fourth lines of this quatrain rhyme (AABB).

7. Buried AliveBy Laura Price AABB Quatrain Poem

8. Buried AliveWhen I walk in my bedroom, I’m buried alive. With the piles of garbage, how can I survive? My mom says to clean it before it’s too late. But my favorite show’s on, so I think I will wait.

9. Vanishing InkBy Laura Price ABAB Quatrain Poem

10. Vanishing InkI went to a salesclerkand bought me a pen.I did all my homeworkand checked it again.Believe me, Miss Dancer,it’s not what you think.I wrote all my answersin vanishing ink.

11. VegetablesBy Laura Price ABCB Quatrain Poem

12. VegetablesI hate to eat my vegetables,because they taste like dirt,But Mother makes me eat themif I want to get dessert.She has no clue I toss theminto the garbage can.But, one day I found them hidden inside my lemon flan.

13. Model of Good Writing—Poetry: Quatrain Every summerunder the shadewe fix up a standto sell lemonadeA stack of cupsa pitcher of ice,a shirtboard signto tell the priceSee how the ‘scrapers stand so proud,All lined up in a row.Perhaps they’ll even touch a cloud,If one should come so low.

14. Questions about the Model of Good Writing: • Can you figure out the rhyming pattern of this quatrain? • The first two stanzas are A-B-C-B, final stanza is A-B-A-B.

15. Questions about Rhythm: • What have you learned about rhythm throughout the last two poetry lessons? • Do you think rhythm would be important in a quatrain? Why or why not? • How would you describe the rhythm in the model quatrain and the Rodeo Bill quatrain? • Do you think the rhyme pattern in the poems relates to their rhythm?

16. Began brainstorming various topics that you could use to write your quatrains. You may suggest subjects related to the theme Going West or specifically to “Ghost Towns of the American West.” The topics you choose must be able to be described using sensory details.

17. Brainstorm topic ideas:

18. Take out Skills Practice 2 page 111. Consider the audience and purpose for your quatrain poems.

19. Think (Do NOT write in your workbook. Write in your notebook.) • Audience: Who will read your quatrain? Example: a friend • Purpose:What do you want your readers to think about your quatrain? Example: I want my audience to think I used sensory details well in my poem.

20. Prewriting (Do NOT write in your workbook. Write in your notebook.) Sounds Sights Topic Textures Smells Tastes

21. Prewriting (Do NOT write in your workbook. Write in your notebook.) Sounds Sights plop, thud, cackle giggles snickers muddy footprints mud dribbling flashing lights Topic Icky Sticky Mud Textures Smells icky sticky grimy, filthy aerosol filthy toilets stench Tastes gritty