1. Poetry Day 5

2. Tell Me by Shel Silverstein, Falling Up Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and Wise Tell me I'm perfect-- But tell me the TRUTH.

3. Tell Me Poems Each of you will use the template to write your own Tell Me poem. – What do you want others to know about you? – What would you want others to tell you? – Remember, this is one of the poems that will go in your project! – Yours do not have to be one word per line, but keep them relatively consistent in length. Tell Me Tell me I’m ___________, __________ and _________ Tell me I’m ___________-- But tell me the TRUTH.

4. MAYA ANGELOU Poet Focus

5. Series Poems Series poems are made up of 3 or more poems that share a common link – Each poem must be able to stand on its own – This link may be content, style, rhyme scheme – Need to be in the same format with the same number of lines – Best when written in free verse

6. A WEIGHTY PROVERB “Cheese,” yells the adolescent outside, but why is he peddling dairy goods in front of a movie theater? The cows don’t put in forty hours a week to have their goods sold on the street for a shiny nickel. A dime would be more reasonable. Dimes are high quality coinage minted only to make the worthless penny seem large, so the older sibling can trade the younger for the smaller. I saved some pennies once I earned a heavy pocket. BLINDING ASIA In the lobby the child points out an owl at the bottom of the poster for an upcoming movie. Soaring through his mind the sign of wisdom is smothered with butter and sold for four fifty. Hold the salt though, that’s for us to throw in our competition’s eyes over test scores that are receding faster than a large fountain soda. Can I get a refill? No ice. ORIGINAL THOUGHT The lights turn to black when the first preview colors the screen and fills the speakers with regurgitations of the last box office hit. Creativity dries up in the third grade faster than a puddle in the Sahara. The desert of my mind now searches the silver screen for help creating creativity. My flashlight illuminates my paper as I scrawl down sights of interest in the background. “Turn that light off!” he yells. “Stop talking. How rude!”

7. TED KOOSER Poet Focus