1. What is Poetry?

2. How do we define it? Haiku Limerick Acrostic Concrete Elegy List Ode Ballad Villanelle Free Verse Sonnet And many many more…

3. Is this?

4. Wordsworth in Graffiti?

5. This is a haiku… in a toilet stall

6. Do all poems have to rhyme? Roses are red, Violets are blue, Some poems do rhyme, And some do not.

7. How do we compare quality?

8. Shakespeare vs. Emma (age 4)

9. 6 Word Memoir Genre

10. Write your own 6 Word Memoir Style It can only have 6 words and should summarize your life’s biography Share with the class

11. A Poem I tried. Can’t do it. Brain’s empty. -Sharon Creech From Love that Dog

13. Defining Poetry Noun 1. The art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts 2. Literary work in metrical form; verse 3. Prose with poetic qualities

14. It’s all Poetry! Many authors have unique styles, phrasing, imagery, word choice (even Emma) Finding your voice as a poet is important Standards are only relative to the person reading that poem As we move through the unit and you practice writing and reading poems, you will find you connect to certain voices.

15. Shel Silverstein

18. The Tyger – William Blake 1757-1827

19. Who will your favourite poet be?