1. Poetry

2. Monday
&
Tuesday…

3. QUIZ TIME!
Please get out your iTouch and scan the QR code below to take the quiz. GOOD LUCK!

4. The different types of poems we will study…

5. 1. ABC poem
-An ABC poem has a series of lines that create a mood, picture, or feeling. -Lines are made up of words and phrases. -The first word of line 1 begins with an A, the first word of line 2 begins with a B, etc.

6. 2. Sonnets
lyric poems that are 14 lines long fall into three groups of four-line stanzas (quatrain) and one two-line stanza (couplet).

7. 3. Ballads
Poems that have to be rhythmic. They sometimes sound like songs. The poem retells a historical event or retells a personal experience. They do not have to rhyme!

8. 4. Acrostic poem
This is a typical form of poetry where the first letter of each line form a word itself. Example Crisp and colorful Adorable and crunchy Nice and tasty Delicious and tempting Yummy and best

9. 5. Autobiographical poems
An essay about yourself written in the form of poetry Example I am a Jilly Joe I love to sail and row I love flying kites only to end up with fights My friends hate me For I'm a wannabe I love myself For I'm Jilly Joe

10. 6. Cinquain
A five line poem Line 1: one word (a subject or a noun) Line 2: two adjectives that describe line 1 Line 3: 3 action verbs that relate to line 1 Line 4: 4 words (a complete sentence) that relate to line 1 Line 5: A word that sums up the entire poem

11. they will shimmer and they'll glow
7. Haiku
a kind of poem that evolved of Japan and is based mainly on nature
It usually is a three line poem where the first line contains 3 syllables, the second line 7 and the third line 5.
The example of Haiku poem shall make your concept clear.
Example
'Night and Day'
The stars are shining
they will shimmer and they'll glow
until the sun shines

12. 8. Limerick
a poem of 5 lines. The last word of the first, second and the fifth line rhyme and the last word of third and fourth line rhyme. This way the poetry goes.

13. Twinkle, twinkle little star How I wonder what you are!
9. Rhyming poems
Rhyming is a kind of poetry having a rhythmic pattern and flowing in the form of couplets, triplets and quatrains.
Example
'Couplets'
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are!
'Triplets'
All that I could say,
I was happy and gay,
For it's the month of May.

14. 10. Diamanté poems
Poems in the shape of a diamond. The content is not necessarily important.

15. We will have a quiz on the different types of poetry… be prepared to identify what type of poem is presented to you!

16. Wordy
Wednesday…

17. P O E T’ S
It is time for…
C O R N E R

18. Thursday…

19. The importance of words…
Words are SO important to make poems work! Let’s practice replacing words in famous poems with other words and see what difference it makes

20. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind. Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black And the dark street winds and bends. Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And watch where the chalk-white arrows go To the place where the sidewalk ends. Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go, For the children, they mark, and the children, they know The place where the sidewalk ends.

21. I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou A free bird leaps on the back Of the wind and floats downstream Till the current ends and dips his wing In the orange suns rays And dares to claim the sky. But a BIRD that stalks down his narrow cage Can seldom see through his bars of rage His wings are clipped and his feet are tied So he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings with a fearful trill Of things unknown but longed for still And his tune is heard on the distant hill for The caged bird sings of freedom. The free bird thinks of another breeze And the trade winds soft through The sighing trees And the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright Lawn and he names the sky his own. But a caged BIRD stands on the grave of dreams His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream His wings are clipped and his feet are tied So he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings with A fearful trill of things unknown But longed for still and his Tune is heard on the distant hill For the caged bird sings of freedom.

22. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

23. Friday…

24. Skype the Poet
Today, we are going to Skype the poet Kenn Nesbitt. Kenn writes poems to be used especially in the elementary school-aged classroom. He loves helping children see how they can publish their own work if they choose to be a writer!