Poetry+Assignment


 * Poetry Unit for 4G**

//What is poetry?// It’s rather hard to give a precise definition. Poetry is a way of expressing thoughts and ideas in written form using such things as rhythm, rhyme, repetition, similies, and metaphors. Poetry does not use sentence and paragraph structure like prose does.

Good sources of information and examples: - http://www.shadowpoetry.com/types.html

1. You are to create a poem of your own from each of the poem types listed below.
 * The Assignment**

2. You are to write the poem about a person/place or thing related to a theme we have studied in class this year (i.e. Matilda, Spellbound, Zombies, Labyrinths, Snow Forts, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Rocks and Minerals, IPOP etc.)

3. Each poem is to be on a //DIFFERENT// person or pet or person/place or thing related a theme we have studied this year. (e.g. Not all your poems can be about Minecraft).

4. All poems should be complimentary (positive) or simply descriptive (neutral) (E.g. You are not to write poems about how much you hated doing the Zombie Dance).

5. Each poem’s title should include:

- the type of poem and (e.g. Haiku)

- the person or pet being written about. (Haiku - Sedimentary Rock)

6. Each poem should end with your name

7. Finished poems should be word processed in Google Docs. They may be illustrated with original art work or one image per poem found on the internet.

8. The finished collection of word processed poems should be put into a special duotang or neatly stapled together.

9. The collection of poetry should include a title page and table of contents.

10. Find 2 - 3 poems that you enjoy and be prepared to read one aloud to the class, make sure to credit the author and indicate where and how you found the poem. Also be prepared to explain 2-3 reasons that you chose the poem.

1. **Eleven Line Autobiographical Poem**
 * Line 1 || your first name || Jen ||
 * Line 2 || four character traits || honest, sensitive, strong, loyal ||
 * Line 3 || student of… || Student of Park School ||
 * Line 4 || lover of ... || Lover of soccer, drawing and reading ||
 * Line 5 || who feels ... || Who feels that school should have more outdoor time ||
 * Line 6 || who needs ... || Who needs time to talk ||
 * Line 7 || who gives ... || Who gives her friends someone to talk to ||
 * Line 8 || who fears ... || Who fears losing her brothers ||
 * Line 9 || who would like to see || Who would like to see people having fun at recess ||
 * Line 10 || resident of ... || Resident of Georgetown ||
 * Line 11 || your last name || Apgar ||

2. **Acrostic** - letters listed vertically and spell the first letter of a word.

3. **Cinquain** - “A Cinquain is a short, unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines.” (http://www.shadowpoetry.com/types.html)

4. **Haiku** - often a poem about nature, it’s a poem of three lines line 1 - 5 [|syllables] line 2 - 7 syllables line 3 - 5 syllables

5. **Tanka** - similar to the haiku, but with an additional line of seven syllables. Haiku and Tanka were once part of ancient Japanese courtship rituals. A man would send a haiku to the woman he loved. If she liked the poem, she would write a tanka in response. line 1 - 5 syllables line 2 - 7 syllables line 3 - 5 syllables line 4 - 7 syllables line 5 - 7 syllables

6. **Diamante** - a diamond shaped poem Line 1: [|Noun] or subject Line 2: Two [|Adjectives] Line 3: Three -ing words Line 4: Four words about the subject Line 5: Three -ing words Line 6: Two adjectives Line 7: [|Synonym/antonym] for the subject

7. **Quatrain** - a poem of four line stanzas following the aabb or abab rhyming pattern. In the aabb pattern, the ends of lines one and two rhyme, and the end of lines 3 and 4 rhyme. In the abab pattern, lines one and three rhyme, and lines two and four rhyme.

8. **Shape (or) Concrete Poetry** - In this type of poem, the lines are written in the shape of the subject. If you are writing a poem about your dog, the poem would be in the general shape of a dog.

Extension: If you finish early or you'd like to do more try:

9. **Sonnet** - a poem of 14 lines using a rhyming scheme of:


 * 1) 1) abab cdcd efef gg


 * 1) 2) abba cddc effe gg

10. **Limerick** - A poem of five lines following a rhyming pattern of aabba. Though not necessary, the number of syllables in each line are often as follows: Line 1- 8 syllables Line 2- 8 syllables Line 3- 5 syllables Line 4- 5 syllables Line 5- 8 syllables