2. Poem A Day! Haiku Limerick Color Cinquain Concrete Free Verse Each Class period I will introduce a new poem. We will do an example together, you will do an example with your group members and you will complete one individually. *Each group will get a poster and you will transfer your groups poems to the poster each class period. Your group will present the poster after we have introduced all of the poems. *Next week you will create your OWN poetry portfolio with examples that you have created!

3. Haiku- A Japanese Poetic Form that is generally about nature it follows a specific rhythm. 1st line: 5 syllables 2nd line: 7 syllables 3rd line: 5 syllables I walk across sand And find myself blistering In the hot, hot heat

4. Limerick- A humorous poem with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme AABBA. I went to the staffroom one day (A) For a nice cup of tea during play (A) But a troll had got in (B) And was making a din (B) Even though he had nothing to say. (A) A flea and a fly in a flue Were imprisoned, what could they do? Said the fly, "let us flee!" "Let us fly!" said the flea. So they flew through a flaw in the flue. - Ogden Nash Proper Rhythm: Hickory, Dickory, Dock (A) A mouse ran up the clock(A) The clock struck two(B) So down he flew(B) Hickory, Dickory, Dock(A)

5. Write Your Limerick 7 - 9 beats There once was a ________ from/named _______ (A) 7 - 9 beats Everyday s/he_______ _______ _______ ______ (A) 4 – 6 beats So s/he _____________________ (B) 4 – 6 beats And ________________________ (B) 7 – 9 beats That ________ ________ from/named ________ (A) adjective

6. Color PoemColor Poem POETRY PATTERN 1: (selected color) is _____, ______, and ______ (selected color) is the taste of ______ (selected color) smells like _______ (selected color) is the sound of a ______ and ______ (selected color) is a ______, _______ & ______ (selected color) makes me feel _______ (selected color) is ______ (selected color) is _____ Green is apples, markers and cool. Green is the taste of vegetables. Green smells like grass and rain. Green is the sound of a lawnmower and a sign. Green is a garden, forest and a swamp. Green makes me feel envious. Green is renewal. Green is spring.

7. Cinquain- A poem about a specific thing. 1______________________________ a one word title, a noun that tells what your poem is about 2________________, _____________ two adjectives that describe what you're writing about 3_________, ___________, _______ three -ing participles that describe what your poem is about 4______________________________ a phrase that tells more about what you're writing about 5______________________________ a synonym for your title, another noun that tells what your poem is about Softball Hard, fun Hitting, sliding, running A long winning drive Life

8. Concrete Poetry- A poem forms a specific shape relating to the subject of the poem.

9. Free Verse Poem that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme.