Love That Poetry Assessment Sheet
Journal Entry #1 - Quatrain Poem with a-a-b-b rhyme scheme
Completed entry with expressed feelings
_______
Attempted to create a similar form of poetry _______
Participated in class ______
Journal Entry #2 - Free Verse Poem
Completed entry with expressed feelings
_______
Attempted to create a similar form of poetry _______
Participated in class ______
Journal Entry #3 - Concrete Poem
Completed entry with expressed feelings
_______
Attempted to create a similar form of poetry _______
Participated in class ______
Journal Entry #4 - Quatrain Poem with a-b-a-b rhyme scheme
Completed entry with expressed feelings
_______
Attempted to create a similar form of poetry _______
Participated in class ______
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Day #5 - Final Poem
Selects own favorite poem
_______
Expresses (written or verbal)
_______
why this poem has meaning to the student
Reproduces poem on yellow paper for display _______
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Option #2
Computer Lab
Love That Poetry Assessment Sheet
Journal Entry #1 - Quatrain Poem with a-a-b-b rhyme scheme
Completed entry with expressed feelings
_______
Attempted to create a similar form of poetry _______
Participated in class ______
Journal Entry #2 - Free Verse Poem
Completed entry with expressed feelings
_______
Attempted to create a similar form of poetry _______
Participated in class ______
Journal Entry #3 - Concrete Poem
Completed entry with expressed feelings
_______
Attempted to create a similar form of poetry _______
Participated in class ______
Journal Entry #4 - Quatrain Poem with a-b-a-b rhyme scheme
Completed entry with expressed feelings
_______
Attempted to create a similar form of poetry _______
Participated in class ______
Day #5 - Final Poem: Computer Lab
Selects own favorite poem
_______
Expresses (written or verbal)
_______
why this poem has meaning to the student
Demonstrates ability to type poetry on computer _______
using proper spelling and grammar check skills
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Learning to Love That Poetry Lesson
Monday
Read from Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. Suggested pages: 1 – 11.
Poetry Form - Quatrain with a-a-b-b rhyme scheme
Definition - A Quatrain is a four line poem where the first two lines rhyme and the
second two lines rhyme.
Nursery Rhyme Example:
Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater
Had a wife and couldn’t keep her
He put her in a pumpkin shell
And there he kept her very well.
Class Discussion – Discuss out loud using the overhead or whiteboard and make a list
together of words that rhyme and create two-line poems (couplets).
For our example we are going to choose an inanimate object (not living or breathing)
that we like and a sound. (The boy in the story gave a blue car tiger sounds).
Teacher Example: Colorful Flag
Sound: Flapping
Oh say can you see that flag in the air,
It stands for freedom to people everywhere.
It waves in the breeze and shines through the night,
That red, white, and blue is a beautiful sight.
Journal instructions:
In class – Write a 2 – 4 sentence entry telling what you liked most about today’s story.
Homework – Choose an inanimate object or thing that you like and a sound or action
that it could do. Then create a four line poem where lines one and two (a,a) and lines
three and four (b,b) rhyme. Your page should look similar to this:
Date
Quatrain Poem a-a-b-b
Object:
Sound:
Title
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
- rhymes with 2
- rhymes with 1
- rhymes with 4
- rhymes with 3
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Tuesday
Read from Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. Suggested pages: 12 – 30, 68 – 72.
Poetry Form – Free verse
Definition – Does not rhyme, but rather tells a story or creates a picture in your head
(Like Jack’s dog in the book)
This type of poem does not rhyme, but uses a lot of details.
Here are some special types of words in poetry that you can use to add description.
Terms to teach:
Onomatopoeia – a word that sounds like what it says
Ex. Pop, crash, swish, bam, etc.
Metaphor – Compares two things to one another stating that one thing is another
Ex. My brother is a pig. – he eats a lot, he doesn’t keep his room clean
Homework is a bear. – it’s really hard
Two class created examples:
1.
2.
Simile – Compares two things using like or as
Ex. Busy as a bee.
Crazy like a fox.
Two class created examples:
1.
2.
Journal Instructions:
In class – What was your favorite part about today’s story? 2 – 4 sentences
Homework – Use these methods that we discussed today to write a free verse poem
(not more than one page) about your favorite animal or pet.
Sample sentence: I love my black dog that is as soft as a comfy blanket.
Date
Free Verse Poem
Animal
Title
Poem
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Wednesday
Read from Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. Suggested pages 35 – 39.
Poetry Form – Concrete Poetry
Definition – A poem that uses descriptive words to create a picture of the object.
Share the picture of Jack’s “dog poem” on page 37 and the apple in the back of the
book.
Teacher Example:
Stairs
top
very
to the
the way
going all
climbing
climbing
up and down
up and down
climbing
climbing
Discuss examples in class of pictures that you could create from words and name one
or two words of description.
Ex. Water drop – wet, drip
Chair – sit, soft
Falls from sky, faucet, etc.
Fall into, daydream in
Journal Instructions:
In class – Create framework for concrete poem. Decide on shape and brainstorm some
related words.
Homework – Create a concrete poem that forms a shape using words that describe the
object. Use the examples and framework worked on in class to help you. (Do not draw
the shape, but create it with words. Although sketching a shape on paper with a pencil
may help you to form the words together better.)
Date
Concrete Poetry
Object:
Descriptive Words:
Title
Poem
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Thursday
Read from Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. Suggested pages: 75 - 86.
Poetry Form - Quatrain with a-b-a-b rhyme scheme
Definition - A four line poem where the first and third lines rhyme and the second and
fourth lines rhyme (every other line rhymes).
This is similar to the form we learned on Monday, but with a different rhyme sequence.
Teacher Example:
Baseball
The baseball zoomed right by my ear
and caused a whooshing sound.
It came so close and way too near,
and knocked me to the ground.
Allow time in class to play with this rhyme scheme and discuss suggestions aloud. Then
use those ideas to begin working on the assignment.
Journal Instructions:
In class - Choose a topic to write about, it may be anything you wish as long as it
follows this pattern. Give your poem a title and brainstorm some ideas that rhyme and
make sense.
Homework - Write a four line poem about your favorite subject in which every other line
rhymes.
Date
Quatrain Poem a-b-a-b
Subject:
Title
Poem
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Learning to Love That Poetry
Friday
Students take out journals with the previous night’s assignment and the teacher reviews
the assignment requirements and reminds the class of the other elements that should
be present in their poem. The teacher addresses any other questions that the students
might have regarding the forms of poetry.
The student then selects their favorite poem from the week and makes the necessary
adjustments. The teacher will then distribute yellow copy paper for the children to copy
their final poems on to. The teacher will have prepared a special blue bulletin board for
the children to display their work on.
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If using the computer lab, this activity can be typed in a word processing program
using proper spelling and grammar checks.
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Poetry Reminders:
The first word of every line should almost always be capitalized.
Check for proper punctuation, commas or periods at the end of lines.
Give your poem a title that is simple but tells what your poem is about.
Read your poem out loud to make sure that it has good rhythm.
(You should be able to tap out the rhythm with your foot while you read it).
Have fun with it! Writing poetry is fun!
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