1. Free Verse

2. Music Reaction
Directions: As I play the following musical clips, write down everything that comes to your mind. Do not stop writing until I stop the clip!
Response #1
Response #2
Response #3
Response #4

3. Now…
Choose one of your responses and create a four lined poem (Quatrain- 10 syllables in each line, ABAB)

4. “I See” Poems

5. “Notre Dame Cathedral”
I see I hear I smell I taste I feel
The majesty of the façade , cream and rusted green
The rain falling from the gargoyles…Drop…Drop…
Water is flowing down the side of our boat
Footsteps all around me of the tourists waiting to get inside
Salt beading up on my umbrella
Burning of the candles people light in prayer, flickering softly
Fresh made bread from the corner stand beneath the Eifel
My mother says she wants to get an English trifle
Warmth from my family around me as we walk together
Damp feet from the constant rain
Overwhelmed with awe at the building that stands in front of me

6. You try… I will be giving you each a picture. Do not let anyone see it
Create an “I See” poem for this picture
Share with your neighbor

7. Add On
Using one of the music reflections you wrote earlier, write the first line of a poem
Pass it back- write a couplet
Pass- write a line using personification
Pass- write a line using an onomatopoeia
Pass- finish the poem and give it a title (Don’t forget the quotes!!!)

8. Other types of poems for your portfolio:
Acrostic- at least 5 lines
Shape
Ballad- tell a story through music/lyrics
Epic/story poem- long narrative centering around a single hero
Sonnet- iambic pentameter
Quatrain- four lines (ABAB), 10 syllables
Couplet- two lines (AA), 10 syllables
Limerick- five lines (AABBA),”There once was…”

9. Example of a Limerick “Poet” by Unknown
There once was a fellow named Jerry, Who sought to write limericks for Mary. Perplexed, our dear poet With eHow's help wrote it And Mary he later did marry.

10. Questions on the Poetry Portfolio due next week???