You will need to include the following poems in a clean folder to turn in for your poetry project grade!! Most of the poems will be created in class and will then be required to be turned in as part of your portfolio!!!!
3 Haiku (created in class)
1 Concrete Poem
1 Cinquain Poem
1 Diamonte Poem
3 Free Verse Poems (Created especially for the portfolio)
1 Headline Poem
I Am Poem
Haiku= 3 lines, Line 1= 5 syllables, Line 2= 7 syllables, Line 3=5 syllables
Examples:
I am first with five
Then seven in the middle --
Five again to end.
Concrete Poem: Words/letters used to make an image or picture
Example, Click Here!
Cinquain Poem= instructions (center alignment):
Line 1: a person, place,or thing (noun)
Line 2: two words that tell about the noun
Line 3: three -ing words that show action about the noun (example Running)
Line 4: one four-word phrase or sentence about the noun
Line 5: the noun again (or a word that means the same thing)
triangles
pointy edges
revolving, rotating, angling
Triangles are all different.
180o
Acrostics: use a letter in a name to begin each line in the poem. For example:
Try
Really hard
You can do it!
Free Verse: Pick a topic and simply write about it in stanza format.
Headline Poetry: Go through magazines, select a letter and use alliteration to make a headline!
Diamante Poetry: Example below
Line 1: one word (subject/noun that is contrasting to line 7)
Line 2: two words(adjectives) that describe line 1
Line 3: three words (action verbs) that relate to line 1
Line 4: four words (nouns)first 2 words relate to line 1, last 2 words relate to line 7
Line 5: three words (action verbs) that relate to line 7
Line 6: two words (adjectives) that describe line 7
Line 7: one word ( subject/noun that is contrasting to line 1)
Example of a Diamante:
Square
symmetrical, conventional
shaping, measuring, balancing
boxes, rooms, clocks, halos
encircling, circumnavigating, enclosing
round, continuous
Circle
I Am Poem Instructions:
I AM
I am two special characteristics
I wonder (something you are actually curious about)
I hear (an imaginary sound)
I see (an imaginary sight)
I want (an actual desire)
I am (the first line of the poem restated)
I pretend (something you actually pretend to do)
I feel (a feeling about something imaginary or real)
I touch (an imaginary touch)
I worry (something that really bothers you)
I cry (something that makes you sad)
I am (the first line of the poem repeated)
I understand (something you know is true)
I say (something you believe in)
I dream (something you actually dream about)
I try (something you really make an effort about)
I hope (something you actually hope for)
I am (the first line of the poem repeated)
YOU CANNOT JUST ADD ONE OR TWO WORDS TO THE LINES. IT NEEDS TO BE SENTENCES. PUT THOUGHT INTO YOUR POEM!!! I WANT YOU TO PICK SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF AND STICK WITH THAT THEME THROUGHOUT THE POEM