1. Range of Writing: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

2. - follows a specific pattern - displays a specific shape Pattern 1- Synonym Topic (Noun) Two words describing (adjectives) Three action words or "ing" words Four-word phrase capturing some feeling about the topic Three action words or "ing" words Two words describing (adjectives) Ending word (noun, synonym about the topic) Winter White, joyful Sledding, smiling, sneezing, skating Frolicking children, the snow shoveling, shivering, shopping, shrieking Cold, slushy Frost

3. Pattern 2 - Antonym Name of a topic 2 describing words 3 action words 2 words to capture meaning and 2 words to capture ending noun 3 action words for ending noun 2 describing words for ending noun Ending noun: antonym Love Warm, wonderful Embracing, hugging, laughing Parents, relatives, strangers, enemies Neglected, frightened, trembling Cold, bitter hate

4. Print the title vertically, letter by letter Each letter is used to construct a phrase or sentence about your topic 1. Choose a character from Bronx Masquerade 2. Take a letter from the title and write a phrase or sentence for each line about your character S tates elect 2 people E xamine bills to create laws N ational government workers A lways referred to as the upper house T hirty years old to run for office E lected by the people

5. Japanese poetry that centers around nature Doesn't rhyme, but follows a pattern (must have 17 total syllables): Line 1: 5 syllables Line 2: 7 syllables Line 3: 5 syllables Avoid similes and metaphors Refers to a season of the year Migrate Birds sing in the air Flapping their wings up and down To the South they go

6. Select a topic Use the alphabet to arrange the words in the poem Physical Education Attitude, Baseball, Cheer, Dive, Enjoy, Football, Groups, Help, Individual, Jumping, Kickball, Losing, Muscles, Nets, Obstacles, Puking, Quick, Respect, Sit- ups, Teams, Unbelievable, Victory, Winning, X-citement, Yelling, Zooming

7. Choose a topic Draw an outline of the shape Arrange your words within the shape (or they can outline the shape); you may write in free verse or rhyme Work with the look of your poem until it looks the way you like

8. A humorous rhyming poem of 5 lines The first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 8 or 9). The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 5 or 6) Limericks often start with the line "There once was a..." or "There was a..." Da DUM da da DUM da da DUM rhythm pattern AABBA rhyme pattern Halloween Candy There once was a girl who loved sweets, She worked so hard to get good treats, But she forgot to brush, Her teeth rotted to mush. So sadly her dentist she greets.

9. a poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something usually this is fairly long (multi-lines and multi-stanzas) characteristically deals with an important topic Ode on Solitude (page 642)

10. “Breaks the rules” because it doesn’t contain patterns of rhythm or rhyme Speaker will use repetition or other sound devices to emphasize meaning “The lesson of the moth” (page 618)

11. First Name 3 Words that Describe You Lover of Who is able to Who feels Who wonders Who fears Who would like to Who lives in Last Name Soldier Brave, Selfless, Honor Lover of the United States Who is able to fight Who feels responsible for our safety Who wonders what home is like Who fears not returning Who would like to establish peace Who lives in a bunk on a base Veteran