Independent Poetry Study

1. Independent PoetryStudy Designed for enrichment students

2. What is Poetry? • Poetry www.brainyquote.com • The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression. Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry.

3. Assignment • Create your own power point presentation titled My Life in Poetry. • Your presentation will consist of several different poems that you will compose based on YOUR LIFE. • You may write any of the following types of poems you find on the following slide.

4. Types of Poems You may write any of the following types of poems below. You must include at least 5 different types of poems with an image that relates to each poem. • Acrostic - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/ • Clerihew - http://www.poetry4kids.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=8 • Cinquain – print and complete the worksheet • http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson51/cinqgraphic-apple.pdf • Diamante - http://kidsnetsoft.com/html/poem2.html • Fruit Poetry – See example on next slide. Practice writing metaphors and similes using this site before writing poem. • Haiku - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrtvCJMRWks • Limerick - http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetclass/lessons/limerick.html • Shape Poems - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/shape/

5. Acrostic Poem • Hockey is my favorite sportOn the ice or streetCool and funKeep on playingExercise and strongerYou should try 

6. Clerihew • 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. • www.gigglepoetry.com

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

8. Cinquain • Line1: One word • Line2: Two words • Line 3: Three words • Line 4: Four words • Line 5: One word Dinosaurs Lived once, Long ago, but Only dust and dreams Remain http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/Poem%20pics/cinquaindescrip.htm

9. Diamante The Diamante Poem is arranged in a diamond pattern using seven lines. 1. LINE 1 one word subject (noun) 2. LINE 2 two adjectives describing LINE 1 noun 3. LINE 3 three participles ending in -ing or -ed to decribe LINE I noun 4. LINE 7 one word growing out of or opposite to LINE 1 noun (another noun) 5. LINE 6 two adjectives describing LINE 7 noun 6. LINE 5 three participles ending in -ing or -ed to describe LINE 7 noun 7. LINE 4 four words - two related to the noun in LINE 1 and two related to the noun in LINE 7; they be arranged concurrently or alternately, as the originator of the poem wishes. http://www.franklinlakes.k12.nj.us/famsweb/curriculum/English/diamantepoems/diamante.html

10. Fruity PoetryMetaphors and Similes On the outside the strawberry is rough, like the life of the farm worker who toils all day, bent in the fields. The strawberry is an oval, like a prickly red planet, or a giant tear drop. On the inside the strawberry is a tunnel to summer, a heart ready for romance, the blush of a young girl's face. On the inside the strawberry smells like honeysuckle nights, like the forest after a gentle rain. Taste the strawberry and you are ...

11. What is a metaphor and a simile? Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Similes use the words “as” or “like” to make the connection between the two things that are being compared.

12. Metaphor and Simile Practice Metaphors The fluorescent light was the ______during our test. His room was a _______. (think of something that means “messy.”) I was a ___________ as I tiptoed around the house. Similes His laughter was as ________ as a _________. Chase ran like a frightened squirrel.

13. Haiku • "Haiku" is a traditional form of Japanese poetry.  Haiku poems consist of 3 lines.  The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables.  The lines rarely rhyme. • http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm

14. Haiku Green and speckled legs,Hop on logs and lily padsSplash in cool water. Sand scatters the beachWaves crash on the seashoreDeep blue water shimmers

15. Limerick A limerick is a five line poem. The first, second, and fifth lines rhyme and so do the third and fourth. The first, third, and fifth have the same verbal rhythm (meter) and length, and so do the second and fourth. http://kabubble.com/limerick_example.htm

16. Limerick There once was a clover named Kate, Who sat on the edge of a plate, The fancy folk dined, On foods of all kind, Then tossed her at quarter past eight. http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/m-limerick.htm

17. Shape Poem www.educationworld.com

18. Your turn! Now that you have studied various poem types, you are to DESIGN your own power point presentation. You must include: • TITLE SLIDE • 5 original poems following the poetic formats. The poems must be about YOU and/or something that interests YOU. • Include an image that relates to the poem. Images can be clip art or a picture of you. • You should have a TOTAL of at least 6 slides.