Week 6
Reading Handouts
Poetry – is a piece of writing in which words and their sounds are
used to show images and express feelings and ideas.
Noticings
Author’s Purpose: to entertain or
express
Form: includes free verse, narrative,
lyrical, and haiku
Stanzas: the sections of a poem; a
stanza may focus on one central idea
or thought; lines in a stanza are
arranged in a way that looks and
sounds pleasing
Book Examples
Author’s Purpose: to entertain the
reader with a funny poem that tells
the story about a how a man lost his
leg
Form: narrative poem
Stanzas:
I saw the other day when I went shopping in the store
A man I hadn't ever, ever seen in there before,
A man whose leg was broken and who leaned upon a crutchI asked him very kindly if it hurt him very much.
"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.
Rhyme: words that have the same
ending sound may be used at the ends
of lines to add interest to the poem
and to make it fun to read
I ran around behind him for I thought that I would see
The broken leg all bandaged up and bent back at the knee;
But I didn't see the leg at all, there wasn't any there,
So I asked him very kindly if he had it hid somewhere.
"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.
Rhyme:
I ran around behind him for I thought that I would see
The broken leg all bandaged up and bent back at the knee;
But I didn't see the leg at all, there wasn't any there,
So I asked him very kindly if he had it hid somewhere.
"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.
Poetry – is a piece of writing in which words and their sounds are used to show images and
express feelings and ideas.
Noticings
Rhythm: the beat of how the words are read;
Add these to anchor chart on Friday
may be fast or slow
Sound Effects:
 Repetition occurs when poets repeat
words, phrases, or lines in a poem to create
a pattern, increase rhythm, and strengthen
feelings, ideas and mood in a poem.
 Rhyme Scheme the pattern of rhyme
that the poet uses
 Alliteration the repetition of the first
consonant sound in words, as in the nursery
rhyme “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.”
Book Examples
Rhythm:
The pickety fence
The pickety fence
Give it a lick it's
The pickety fence
Give it a lick it's
A clickety fence
When the night begins to fall
And the sky begins to glow
You look up and see the tall
City of lights begin to grow –
 Repetition
Someone tossed a pancake,
A buttery, buttery, pancake.
Someone tossed a pancake
And flipped it up so high,
That now I see the pancake,
The buttery, buttery pancake,
Now I see that pancake
Stuck against the sky.
actual sound of something are words of
onomatopoeia. Thunder “booms,” rain
“drips,” and the clock “ticks.”Appeals to the
sense of sound.
 Imagery & Sensory Detail the use of
Add on
Monday
to create images, or “paint pictures,” in your mind.
 Rhyme Scheme
 Alliteration
 Onomatopoeia
 Simile compares two things using the
Imagery & Sensory Detail:
Add on Tuesday
Figurative Language tools that writers use
words “like” or “as.”

Metaphors compare two things without
using the words “like” or “as.”

Personification gives human traits and
feelings to things that are not human – like
animals or objects.
The rhythm in this poem is
slow – to match the night
gently falling and the lights
slowly coming on.
Sound Effects:
 Onomatopoeia words that represent the
words to create pictures, or images, in your
mind. Appeals to the five senses: smell,
sight, hearing, taste and touch.
The rhythm in this poem is
fast – to match the speed of
the stick striking the fence.
Figurative Language:
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Simile
Metaphors
Personification
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specific
anchor
charts for
examples
Topic: State Fair
Read the State Fair poem. Use this graphic organizer to collect sensory language that helps the reader create imagery.
See
Hear
Smell
Taste
Feel
Feelings
State Fair
The energy—
thousands of people swarming about
Moms pushing strollers
couples holding hands
teenagers bored with excitement
kids running
back and forth, around in circles
laughing
screaming,
hot and sweaty.
Everything at once—
auto show
carmel apples, nachos
farm animals
extreme rides
squeal in delight
“Announcing! The beginning of a show!”
ice cream cone, funnel cake
BMX bike show
pig races
spin the wheel
toss the rings
shoot the ball
“I won! I won!”
stuff the Snoopy under my arm
chili and cheese fries
Texas Skyway
thirsty,
dusty and dirty.
Eyes wide open—
Big Tex smiles and waves
“Howdy Folks!”
cotton candy, corn dogs
each ride sings its own music
Ferris Wheel
stops at the top
“Hurry! Hurry! Step right up!”
sticky and sunburned.
Long day ending—
one more ride
on the carousel,
enough of
the fried food
the sweet cakes,
the voices and laughter
of a thousand people
fading away,
slowing down,
dragging feet,
dragging Snoopy,
hot and sweaty,
sticky,
sunburned,
dusty,
dirty,
“Where’s the car?”
Topic: State Fair
***The highlighted Sensory Details are the ones you can use for modeling during your Minilesson.
See
Hear
Smell
Big Tex
Ferris Wheel
Thousands of people
Auto Show
Bike Show
Farm Animals
Crafts
Rides – Texas Skyway, Extreme
Rides, Carousel
Games
“Hurry, hurry! Step right up!”
People laughing
People screaming (on rides)
Music playing
An announcer shouting the beginning
of a performance
Everything is loud
Fried food
Sweet cakes
Beer
Animal smells in the barns
Straw in the barns
Taste
Feel
Feelings
Cotton Candy
Corn Dogs
Ice Cream Cones
Funnel Cakes
Soda
Carmel Apples
Nachos
Chili & Cheese Fries
Hot
Sweaty
Sticky
Sun burned
Dusty
Dirty
Excited
Lots of energy
Want to do everything at once
Eyes are wide
Figurative Language
Type of
Figurative
Language
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Idiom
Definition
Example
Comparison of 2
The emerald is as
things using like or as green as grass.
Comparison of 2
The night is a
things but does not
big, black cat.
use like or as
Giving human traits The moon smiled
& feelings to things
down at me.
that are not human
(animals/objects)
Phrase that has a
She’s pulling my
figurative meaning
leg.
He laughed his
head off.
Figurative Language
Type of
Figurative
Language
Simile
Definition
Comparison of 2
things using like or as
Metaphor
Comparison of 2
things but does not
use like or as
Personification
Giving human traits
& feelings to things
that are not human
(animals/objects)
Phrase that has a
figurative meaning
Idiom
Example
Big Bully Joe
by Arden Davidson
Big Bully Joe is a kid I know
who’s as mean as a grizzly bear.
He’s tall and he’s strong.
We just don’t get along.
There’s not one thing in common we share.
When a baby’s diaper falls off,
you know Joe took out the pins.
Joe likes to torture little ones
that’s how he gets his grins.
When there’s gum in someone’s hair,
you know it’s Joe who blew the bubble.
When the teacher shouts “who did this?”
you know Big Joe’s in big trouble.
When a food does not agree with Joe
he argues till he wins.
He likes to fight.
He also likes to kick dogs in their shins.
He calls out horrid names
to kids just doing their own thing.
If he saw an injured bird,
he’d likely break it’s other wing.
Big Bully Joe
is a kid I know
who doesn’t have one single friend.
But I heard Kelly Mayer
put a tack on his chair.
Guess he’ll pay for it all in the end!
What it Looks Like on a
Test…
Read this sentence from paragraph ___
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
The imagery in these lines appeal most
to the reader’s sense of –
In paragraph ___, “a nightlight offering
comfort from a bad dream” means that
the light makes the boys feel –
4.8/Fig 19D
What it Looks Like on a
Test…
The paragraph above the title of the
poem is included to –
4.4/Fig 19D
The reader can tell that the poem is
written in free-verse form because it
does not have –
Which poetic structure is found in the
poem? (Stanzas, Rhythm, Use of
Repetition, Short Line Length)
Which word rhyme in each stanza of the
poem?
4.4A
Carmen is a student at Pleasant Hill Elementary School. “Miss D.” is
Carmen’s teacher. Miss D.’s mother, Grams, likes to visit the classroom
and share her time with the students. In this poem, Miss D. asks the class
to vote on how to spend the money left over at the end of the school
year.
CARMEN
Secret Ballot
by Andrea Cheng
5
10
15
20
25
School’s almost out.
We have to spend the money
somehow.
We put suggestions
on the board:
Pizza party.
Roller skating.
How about thinking
of other people?
Miss D. says.
Kayla raises her hand.
A present for Grams,
she says.
What would Grams like?
I put my head down
and shut my eyes
and think.
A big picture of us
in front of Pleasant Hill,
I say.
We vote
on slips of paper called
secret ballots. Pizza
gets four,
skating gets three,
and the picture wins.
From Where the Steps Were by Andrea Cheng. Copyright © 1994 by Andrea Cheng. Published by Wordsong, an
imprint of Boyds Mills Press. Reprinted by permission.
1
The reader can tell that the poem is written in free-verse form because it does
not have —
A a serious subject
B plot and conflict
C a rhyming pattern
D a common theme
2
Which poetic structure is found in the poem?
A Stanzas
B Rhythm
C Use of repetition
D Short line length
3
The paragraph above the title of the poem is included to —
A help readers understand how the students feel about their teacher
B persuade readers to write a poem about a special school event
C encourage readers to think about their school experiences
D provide background information about details that readers would not know