1. Poetry Unit

2. First Thing’s First Love Sports Weather Nature Art Dancing Working
Choose a theme or subject for your anthology
Love
Sports
Weather
Nature
Art
Dancing
Working
Family
Books
People
School
Children
Music
Money
Playing

3. Haiku A very short form of Japanese poetry
Traditionally haikus are about the seasons
17 total syllables in 3 lines 5, 7, 5
Emphasizes stillness, simplicity, and depth

4. Ex: by Pete Frengel
Now toss the daisies over your head; tufts of white drift in floating sky. Looking everywhere for the pen cap, deep in thought. It's stuck in my mouth. There are fireflies, constellations, stars of fire, suns, and there is you.

5. Requirements for Anthology
4 Haikus
One about each season
Summer
Winter
Spring
Fall Or
Each one using a different sense
Sight
Smell
Hearing
Taste
Touch

6. Let’s try it!
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ (5) ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ (7)

7. Rhyming Couplet Poem A pair of lines in poetry that rhyme
aa, bb, cc, dd, ee
The pair of lines usually form a complete thought
Pairs of lines are usually the same length with the same meter

8. Ex.
I have the measles and the mumps, a gash, a rash and purple bumps. Shel Silverstein I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them, Sam I am. Dr. Seuss On the far-away Island of Sala-ma-Sond Yertle the Turtle was king of the pond. A nice little pond. It was clean. It was neat. The water was warm. There was plenty to eat. The turtles had everything turtles might need. And they were all happy. Quite happy indeed.

9. Requirements for Anthology
1 ten line poem with rhyming couplets
Rhyme scheme aa, bb, cc, dd, ee
One example of hyperbole
Exaggeration, figure of speech
Ex. That bag weighed a ton
I’ve done this a thousand times
One allusion
A reference to a person, place, or event – real or fictional
Ex. The girl's love of sweets was her Achilles heel

10. Let’s try it
__________________________________________ (a) __________________________________________ (b) __________________________________________ (c) __________________________________________ (d) __________________________________________ (e)

11. Diamante Poem Shaped like a diamond
Uses nouns, adjectives, –ing words, and synonyms or antonyms
7 lines, each line has a different purpose
Lines 1 and 7 are nouns, synonyms or antonyms of each other
Line 2- two adjectives that describe line 1
Line 3- three –ing words that describe line 1
Line 4- four nouns- the first two are connected with line 1; the last two are connected with line 7
Line 5- three –ing words that describe line 7
Line 6- two adjectives that describe line 7

12. Ex. by Keith
Day Bright, Sunny Raining, Shining, Heating Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Bedtime Darkening, Cooling, Scaring Dark, Cold Night

13. By Ms. Rhinehardt
Me Fun, Happy Loving, Dancing, Reading Teacher, Student, Scientist, Speaker Working, Moving, Singing Smart, Serious You

14. Requirements for Anthology
3 Diamante poems
One about nature
One about you
One about your favorite person
Don’t forget about the theme for you anthology

15. Let’s try it
__________ __________, __________ __________, __________, __________ __________, __________, __________, __________

16. Children’s poem Teaches a lesson Usually funny or silly
Can rhyme, but doesn’t have to

17. I Raised My Hand in Class by Kenn Nesbitt
I raised my hand in class this morning, sitting in the back. The teacher didn't see, I think. Instead she called on Jack. I stretched my hand up higher, but she called on Zach and Zoe. I started bouncing up and down, but, still, she called on Chloe. I waved my arms but, even so, she didn't call on me. She called on Bryan, Brooklyn, Billy, Bailey, Ben, and Bree. She called on Taylor, Tristan, Thomas, Trinity, and Ty. Then, finally, she called my name. I breathed a heavy sigh. She asked me for the answer. I just frowned and clenched my knees, and said, "I've no idea, but could I use the bathroom, please?"

18. Don’t Ever Bite Your Sister by Kenn Nesbitt
Don't ever bite your sister. Don't kick her in the shin. Don't slap your sister silly and don't sock her on the chin. Don't tape a "Kick Me" poster upon your sister's back. Don't take your stinky socks off and then put them in her pack. Don't purchase plastic spiders and place them on her head. Don't leave your rubber rattlesnake inside your sister's bed. Don't do this to your sister for, if you ever do, I'm pretty sure she may do something even worse to you.

19. My Teacher Took My iPod by Kenn Nesbitt
My teacher took my iPod. She said they had a rule; I couldn't bring it into class or even to the school. She said she would return it; I'd have it back today. But then she tried my headphones on and gave a click on Play. She looked a little startled, but after just a while she made sure we were occupied and cracked a wicked smile. Her body started swaying. Her toes began to tap. She soon was grooving in her seat and rocking to the rap. My teacher changed her mind. She said it's now okay to bring my iPod into class. She takes it every day.

20. Requirements for Anthology
Must be 10 lines
Must send a message
Include an example of alliteration
The repetition of first sound in several words
Tongue twisters
Ex. Peter picked a pack of pickled peppers

21. Let’s try it
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22. Free Verse Poem Does not rhyme or have any structured meter
There is no pattern until the author creates one
You decide where to break your poem up, if at all

23. Ex. A Time to Talk Robert Frost
When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground, Blade-end up and five feet tall, And plod: I go up to the stone wall For a friendly visit.

24. Requirements for Anthology
10 lines
Doesn’t have to rhyme
Use three examples of imagery
Show don’t tell
Ex. The clay oozed between his fingers
One example of personification
Giving human qualities to an object that isn’t human
Ex. The flowers danced

25. Let’s try it
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26. Concrete Poem Shape poetry, Visual poetry
The words are in the shape of the subject of the poem
The shape is just as important as the words
This is your chance to let your creativity shine
Can rhyme but doesn’t have to

27. Ex. Author Unknown

28. Author unknown

29. Requirements for Anthology
Must be in the shape of the subject of your poem
Use color
Include one simile
Comparing two different things using “like” or “as”
Ex. Her eyes twinkle like stars
Include one metaphor
A type of analogy
Describing something by saying it is something else
Ex. All the world’s a stage

30. Let’s try it
Start by drawing an outline of your subject so you know how much space you need to fill.