Planning Your Poetry Book!
Book Cover
Your Name
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Theme/Recurring Subject ___________________________________________
English, Class Period
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Eye Catching Illustrations!
Table of Contents
Title this page “Table of Contents”
List the poems in order with authors
Include page numbers
Theme
Theme is the central message in a literary work or the author’s message.
Examples of themes: bravery, loyalty, love conquers all, celebrating nature, joy
found in simple things, the importance of friendship.
Theme for your poetry book:
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Footnotes
A footnote is additional information to support the text. It can be found at the
bottom of the page outside of normal text. A starred marking within the text
shows what the footnote relates to.
Poetic Devices
Label 5 poetic devices found in any of your 8 poems with a starred marking*.
Write the definition for each of these terms in a footnote at the bottom of the
page.
3 Additional Poems
Find three poems by published authors that fit around your theme and include
poetic devices. Published poetry offers us a standard to aspire to and often
provides examples of poetic devices used in a creative or intriguing way!
*An asterisk is a symbol used to indicate there is a corresponding footnote at the bottom of the page.
Asterisks resemble stars.
Cinquain Poem
Poetry Pattern:
Line 1: 2 syllables
Line 2: 4 syllables
Line 3: 6 syllables
Line 4: 8 syllables
Line 5: 2 syllables
Example:
Above
the high mountains
the eagle dare to fly.
They know they own the land above
the rocks.
Your Cinquain:
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Haiku Poem
Poetry Pattern:
1st Line: 5 syllables
2nd Line: 7 syllables
3rd Line: 5 syllables
Example:
Slowly the moon smiles.
It makes his eyes dance wildly.
He winks at the stars.
Your Haiku:
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Diamante Poem Form
Poetry Pattern:
Noun-Topic
1st Line: 2 adjectives about topic
2nd Line: 3 ing action verbs about topic
3rd Line: a four word phrase
4th Line: 3 ing action verbs about ending topic
5th Line: 2 adjectives about ending topic
6th Line: Noun- rename the topic
Examples:
Turtle
green hard-shelled
scooting, crawling, swimming
in a box alone.
Living, eating, struggling
silent heavy-footed
survivor.
Your Diamante:
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Teacher,
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Enthusiastic Loud
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Talking Thinking Learning
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Helping students find success.
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Motivating Listening Creating
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Kind Sensitive
Me
Space to write your rhyming poem:
Rhyming Poem
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“Fire and Ice”
by Robert Frost
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Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
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Free Verse Poem
“The Red Wheelbarrow”
by William Carlos Williams
so much depends
upon
Space to write your free verse poem:
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a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
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beside the white
chickens.
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Introducing……………
Name:
POETRY Book
You will create your very own Poetry Book. Your book will include a variety of poetry
by different authors (including you!) and original illustrations.
Choose poems based on a general theme- one topic or idea found throughout.
Your book will include at least the following:
A Table of Contents
An Overall Theme
5 Original Poems and 3 poems by published authors
5 Images **which you illustrate! **
5 Poetic Devices- choose 5 from the following 10 below to define and identify where they
are in your poem in footnotes at the bottom of the page.
simile
metaphor
personification imagery
onomatopoeia alliteration
end rhyme
internal rhyme
assonance
consonance
This will be counted as a major daily grade, so do your best. Your grade will be based on
your inclusion of the 8 poems, 5 pictures, and 5 poetic devices mentioned above, and
general appearance and creativity.
Have fun and don’t be afraid to be yourself! Poetry should reflect on you. Poetry reveals
and allows us to reveal our inner selves. So create a theme that does just that!
Include this rubric with your book to use as a work checklist and for your grade breakdown
after submittal.
Poetry Book Rubric
Table of Contents
5 Illustrations
5 Original Poems
3 Published Poems
Poetic Devices (Footnotes)
Theme
Total
Comments:
Points Possible
10
10
25
20
25
20
100
Points Earned
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