Poetry 6 Date: List Poetry Learning Objectives To read and create list poetry. To improve our rhyming creation capabilities.

In exercise copy

Rhyming Challange As a warm up task, choose any person, place or thing and come up with as many rhyming words as possible for it.

Notes Nouns: A person, place or thing. It is a name or identity. Repetition: Doing something many times for a powerful effect. Vowel: The sound of A,E, I, O and U. Consonant: A non-vowal sound

An item list poem

‘Bleezer’s Ice Cream’ A list poem I am Ebenezer Bleezer, I run BLEEZER’S ICE CREAM STORE, there are flavors in my freezer you have never seen before, twenty-eight divine creations too delicious to resist, why not do yourself a favor, try the flavors on my list:

‘Bleezer’s Ice Cream’ A list poem COCOA MOCHA MACARONI TAPIOCA SMOKED BALONEY CHECKERBERRY CHEDDAR CHEW CHICKEN CHERRY HONEYDEW TUTTI-FRUTTI STEWED TOMATO TUNA TACO BAKED POTATO LOBSTER LITCHI LIMA BEAN MOZZARELLA MANGOSTEEN ALMOND HAM MERINGUE SALAMI YAM ANCHOVY PRUNE PASTRAMI SASSAFRAS SOUVLAKI HASH SUKIYAKI SUCCOTASH BUTTER BRICKLE PEPPER PICKLE POMEGRANATE PUMPERNICKEL PEACH PIMENTO PIZZA PLUM PEANUT PUMPKIN BUBBLEGUM BROCCOLI BANANA BLUSTER CHOCOLATE CHOP SUEY CLUSTER AVOCADO BRUSSELS SPROUT PERIWINKLE SAUERKRAUT COTTON CANDY CARROT CUSTARD CAULIFLOWER COLA MUSTARD ONION DUMPLING DOUBLE DIP TURNIP TRUFFLE TRIPLE FLIP GARLIC GUMBO GRAVY GUAVA LENTIL LEMON LIVER LAVA ORANGE OLIVE BAGEL BEET WATERMELON WAFFLE WHEAT

‘Bleezer’s Ice Cream’ A list poem I am Ebenezer Bleezer, I run BLEEZER’S ICE CREAM STORE, taste a flavor from my freezer, you will surely ask for more.

Think of a word – “word” Help with rhyming Remove the first letter – “ord” Add in letters until something familiar comes up. Sound it out. Aord, bord... Bird

Examples Money – oney – abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Bunny Funny Honey Runny Sunny

Exercise One Teams of two, create something new, Use what’s below, and things that you know. My Shopping List My mother said, “Go buy some bread,” but this is what I got instead. (Your list – aim for more than10 lines, 5 rhymes) When mother needs things from the store She never sends me anymore.

Homework I went to the doctor. He x-rayed my head. He stared for a moment and here’s what he said. I see a .... (Your list – aim for more than10 lines, 5 rhymes) with all of the junk that you have in your head it’s kind of amazing you got out of bed.

Part 2

Poetry 7 Date: Alliteration Poetry Learning Objectives To read and create a different form of list poetry, an alliteration list poem.

In exercise copy, write down: A noun, a verb and an adjective all starting with the same letter. Do this for four letters.

Notes Alliteration: The repetition of a consonant at the beginning of neighbouring words. Consonance: The repetition of consonants in words. Assonance: The repetition of vowels in words.

Best Examples – Tongue Twisters. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper How much wood would a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck would chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck If a woodchuck would chuck wood. Pick?

What I see. The teacher tells me to take a test. The students says he’s super stressed. The pencil is pointy and pokes my hand. The bag is broke and blocked up with sand.

What I see. The teacher tells me to take a test. The students says he’s super stressed. The pencil is pointy and pokes my hand. The bag is broke and blocked up with sand. Nouns Verbs Adjectives AT least 3 of a letter per line Does not have to rhyme – alliteration is more important

Exercise One Create an alliteration poem called ‘What I see’ where you list off things you see. You can only use each letter once for alliteration. Bonus points to whomever can get 26 lines finished. Ready.... Set..... GOOOOO!

Homework Make sure that poem is finished for next day.