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1.
Phrase Poem / MY YEAR IN ---- GRADE ~~ Reflect back on your year in
5th grade. Think of short phrases describing special events that you have
enjoyed. Write a "phrase poem" about your experiences. Now change
the first line to: (YOUR ISSUE) IN THE WORLD TODAY. Think of
short phrases describing the feelings, ideas, beliefs, events, and actions
that tell about the horror and the hope in your issue.
2. I DON'T UNDERSTAND POEM Begin this poem with the words "I
don't understand." Write a poem that lists several things you don't
understand about the topic you are presenting on for Exhibition. These
can include the horror and the hope. End your poem with something you DO
understand about the topic.
Study the following types of poetry.
Choose two of them that you would like to use to write two more
poems about your topic of research. Scroll through ALL of the
following pages before making your choices.
3. Couplet - a two-line poem with a simple rhyming pattern. Couplets are often silly.
Line of poetry that rhymes with line 2
Line of poetry that rhymes with line 1
4.
Cinquain - a five-line poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines
containing two, four, six, eight and two syllables.
Line 1 – One word title
Line 2 – Two descriptive words
Line 3 – Three action words
Line 4 – Four feeling words
Line 5 – one word, which answers the question, “When I think of the title, I
think of…?”
5. Diamonte - a diamond-shaped poem of seven lines that is written using parts of
speech. The Diamonte is a form similar to the Cinquain.
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 for the subject
6. Free Verse - poetry without rules of form, rhyme, or rhythm.
in any way the author chooses to write.
Writing
7. Haiku - an ancient Japanese form with no rhyme. Haiku often deal with nature.
Line 1 – has 5 syllables
Line 2 – has 7 syllables
Line 3 – has 5 syllables
8. Tanka -
Tanka is another Japanese form that depends on the number of lines and
syllables instead of rhyme.
Line 1 - 2 words
Line 2 - 3 words
Line 3 - 2 words
Line 4 - 3 words
Line 5 - 3 words
9. The Five W's Poem - Who? What? When? Where? Why? Use these questions to
write a non-rhyming poem. Here's how:
Line 1 - Who or what is the poem about
Line 2 - What action is happening?
Line 3 - When does the action take place? (a time)
Line 4 - Where does the action take place? (a place)
Line 5 - Why does this action happen? (a reason)
10.
Acrostic - the first letters of each line, when read vertically, spell out a word.
N – Descriptive words
A – Descriptive words
M – Descriptive words
E – Descriptive words
11.
Simile - poetry is a descriptive poem about the writer. The child may
write four lined poems of one or two verses, which need not rhyme.
This information was found on the following web page:
http://www.mnelsonhome.com/Poetry%20ex/15_forms_of_poetry.htm
That web site used info from:
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html