Written b y: Mrs. Owens
Langu ag e Arts
My
Portfolio
Introduction
April 30, 2012
Poetry is a creative
form of expression which
people have used for
P
centuries. oetry is not
limited to rhyme but
includes a variety of
different forms.
Learning about the types of
poetry can be exciting for
all of us. Today and for the
days to come, you will
embark on a poetic
journey. Your task will be
to research, read and write
various types of
By doing this, you will
learn the components
Poem Styles
I Am… Poem
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(parts) of different oetry
forms, as well as some of
the history behind each
form. You will write some
Diamante Poem
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Tanka
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Limerick
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poetry on your own,
Synonym Poem
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Three Word
Forms
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Sense Poem
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Someday Poem
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Opposites
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Pantoum
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Concrete Poem
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Rubric: Poetry
Portfolio
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Sense Poem
Basic
Requirements for
Poetry Portfolio
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p
publish it and create your
Poetry
Portfolio.
own
poetry.
F.Y.I.-Important Information about Your
We
are going to write many
encouraged to turn in as
in class, but you should not
Portfolio
different styles of poems for
the next month or so;
however, you are only
required to turn in a certain
amount (found on the
poetry portfolio rubric).
Again, you are definitely
many poems as you would
like, but you are only
required to turn in the
amount stated on the
poetry portfolio rubric. You
will be given some time to
work on your poetry project
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rely solely on the time you
are given in class. You will
not be given enough time to
complete the project in class.
In other words, you have to
complete some of the
portfolio at home.

A cover page

A letter to readers

A table of contents

A glossary of terms

Your original poems

Rubric/Parent
signature
I AM… POEM:
Example:
Hilary
Goofy, bright, caring
Write a poem about yourself using this form
Daughter of Steve and Elaine
Line 1: __ Your name
Who loves nerds, movies, and books
Line 2: _, _, _ 3 personal characteristics or physical traits Who feels sympathy for animals
Who needs love, family, and friends
Line 3: Brother or sister of__ or son/daughter of
Who gives time, affection, and joy
Line 4: Who loves__, __, and __ 3 people, things, ideas
Who fears roller coasters, spiders, and alligators
Line 5: Who feels__ about__1 emotion about 1 thing
Who’d like to see Germany
Line 6: Who needs__, __, and __ 3 things you need
Who dreams of falling
A student of nowhere
Line 7: Who gives __, __, and __3 objects you share
Pork chop
Line 8: Who fears__, __, and __3 items
Line 9: Who'd like to see, __1 place, or person
Line 10: Who dreams of __ 1 item or idea
Line 11: A student of__ your school or teacher's name
Line 12: __ Nickname or repeat your first name
Pencil
Sharp, skinny
Writing, answering, erasing
Wood, lead, ink, plastic
Drawing, smudging, leaking
Durable, comfortable
Pen
Need more help with
the diamante style of
poem? Visit:
http://www.readwrit
ethink.org/files/reso
urces/interactives/di
amante/
DIAMANTE: [dee-uh-mahn-tey]
The Diamante is a form similar to the Cinquain. The text forms
the shape of a diamond.
Line 1: Noun or subject - one word
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
Line 7: Noun Antonym for the subject.
****You must write THREE (3) of these. They can be the same topic or three different topics. ****
Tanka: [tahng-kuh]
Tanka is a Japanese poetry
type of five lines, the first and
third composed of five
syllables and the rest of seven
syllables. Tanka is the oldest
type of poetry in Japan.
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Example:
Beautiful mountains
Rivers with cold, cold water.
White cold snow on rocks
Trees over the place with frost
White sparkly snow everywhere
Limerick: [lim-er-ik]
A limerick is a five-line poem
written with one couplet and
one triplet. If a couplet is a twoline rhymed poem, then a triplet
would be a three-line rhymed
poem. The rhyme pattern is a a
b b a with lines 1, 2 and 5
containing 3 beats and rhyming,
and lines 3 and 4 having two
beats and rhyming. Some
people say that the limerick was
invented by soldiers returning
from France to the Irish town of
Limerick in the 1700's.
EXAMPLE:
A flea and a fly in a flue
Limericks are meant to be
funny. They often
contain hyperbole, onomatopoe
ia, idioms, puns, and other
figurative devices. The last line
of a good limerick contains the
PUNCH LINE or "heart of the
joke." As you work with
limericks, remember to have
pun, I mean FUN! Say the
following limericks out loud and
clap to the rhythm.
EXAMPLES:
LOVE
Attachment, adoration, warmth, adore
Love is so pure, right down to the core.
---Kimiko Brantley (Grade 10)
NOISE
Clamor, racket, uproar, hullabaloo.
These things can really annoy you.
---Shasta Inman (Grade 9)
Were caught, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "Let us flee."
"Let us fly," said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
-Anonymous
Synonym Poem:
1. Choose any word. Write
that word in capital letters
on the first line.
word.
***The last two lines of the
poem must rhyme.
2. In a thesaurus or
dictionary, look up the word
and find four synonyms for
it.
3. Write the synonyms on
the second line.
4. On the third line, write a
descriptive phrase about the
****You must write THREE (3) of these. They can be the same topic or three different topics. ****
Three Word Forms:
MORNINGS
sleep, alarm, awake
alarm, awake, shower
awake, shower, clothes
shower, clothes, shoes
clothes, shoes, dog
shoes, dog, run
dog, run, breakfast
run, breakfast, sunrise
breakfast, sunrise, car
sunrise, car, work.
---Alex Buffington (Grade 10)
Each line of this form is made
up of three words. The last two
words become the first two
words in the next line. In the
poem, there will be a progress
of images and a story will be
told.
****You must write THREE (3) of these. They can
be the same topic or three different topics. ****
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Sense Poem:
Think of a place that is special. Form an image in your mind of this place.
If you need to, cluster this image. Then complete the following statements.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
I
I
I
I
I
I
see_________________________
smell_______________________
hear________________________
feel________________________
taste_______________________
think_______________________
EXAMPLE:
I see the sage-covered desert
I smell the freshness of the morning
I hear the scream of the hawk
I feel the caress of a breeze
I taste the dew on the wind
I think the new day is born
After you have written out the sentences, remove the pronouns, verbs, and articles as you need to:
sage-covered desert
freshness of morning
scream of the hawk
caress of a breeze
dew of the wind
new day born
Finished Product
Someday Poem:
Begin each line with the
word Someday... and
complete it with a wish
you have. Make the
first two or three lines
say something about
your everyday wishes
and slowly move away
from yourself to the
world in general. You
may end the poem with
the word Someday....
SOMEDAY...
Someday I will play the guitar
Someday I will have a job
Someday I will get married
Someday I will have kids
Someday I will be rich
Someday I will be noticed
---Melissa Manor (Grade 10)
Opposites:
OPPOSITES
What is the opposite of love?
Maybe it is as beautiful as a white dove,
Because love is so fine,
This is something that I know is mine.
Choose two things that are opposites.
It could be the opposite sides of a
question. Humor is good. The poem
should be two or four lines long. The
first two and the last two lines should
rhyme.
What is the opposite of a smile?
Maybe it is a frown that hasn't been seen in a while,
Because a great smile brightens up the day,
This has made my day better in every way.
What is the opposite of true?
It could be purple, or even blue.
Because truth is better than a lie,
I want the truth even from my special guy.
---Kimiko Brantley (Grade 10)
****You must write THREE (5) of these.
They can be the same topic or three
different topics. ****
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Desert Dawning
Anne Johnson
Pantoum: [pan-toom]
The pantoum comes to us
from Malayan poetry. The
Western (English) version
of the pantoum is a poem
of indefinite length made
up of stanzas that have
four lines. The formula
comes in where lines 2 and
4 of each stanza are
repeated as lines 1 and 3
of the following stanza:
First Stanza
The desert awakes with a whispered sigh.
A jackrabbit scurries through the brush
while far above a raven cries.
Dawn breaks from a frozen hush.
Line
Line
Line
Line
A jackrabbit scurries through the brush
bent on finding food to eat.
Dawn breaks from a frozen hush,
the cold chill of the night retreats.
#1
#2
#3
#4
Second Stanza
Line #1 (same as line #2 above)
Line #2
Line #3 (same as line #4 above)
Line #4
Bent on finding food to eat,
a roadrunner darts across the sand.
The cold chill of the night retreats
as fiery warmth fills the land.
A roadrunner darts across the sand
in the shadow of a towering saguaro.
As fiery warmth fills the land
the cactus wren peers at a beetle below.
In the shadow of a towering saguaro
a bevy of quail march by in a line.
The cactus wren peers at a beetle below.
On a sunny rock the lizard reclines.
A bevy of quail march by in a line
while far above a raven cries.
On a sunny rock the lizard reclines.
The desert awakes with a whispered sigh.
Concrete Poem:
This is the ONLY
poem that can be
handwritten
(instead of typed)
in your poetry
portfolio.
Concrete Poetry is the use of words and their physical formation to convey
meaning. This may be done with color, the shape of the letters, and/or the
arrangement of words. Samples below show some of the many variations
available. To view various forms of concrete poetry on the Internet, click on
the words in bold lettering in this sentence. You may use the information you
find at this link, but you may not publish it in anything other than a school
report.
Directions: Graphically create a scene using only words. From a distance
this will look like a picture, but up close it will consist only of words and
phrases. No extra lines or shapes should be used. A light pencil line might be
drawn first as a guide. Use colors, shapes, and sizes that will enhance the
meaning of words.
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