Poetry
Mrs.Leary's 5th Grade Class
Poetry Project
Rubric
Poetry Book Cover
20 points
(colorful/neat)
Table of Contents
10 points
Illustrations
20 points
Spelling/neatness of
written work
20 points
Completed on time/poems
completed
20 points
Effort
10 points
Cover/Table of Contents
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Cover must include “Poetry Project” as your title,
your name and a creative colorful design.
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Table of Contents
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Numbered, skipping lines
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Number 1-10
My Favorite
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Spend a few minutes reading several poems out of
your poetry book.
Choose a favorite
Get with your poetry partner and share your
favorite poems. Read to each other.
Complete the favorite poem chart.
Bio Poem
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Using the bio poem format, create your Bio Poem
rough draft.
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Allow your poetry partner to make
corrections/offer suggestions. Spelling counts!
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Log on to the wiki and write your final draft.
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Print.
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Include an illustration(crayons/colored pencils)
Limerick Poems
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Write one limerick poem that is a name limerick
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Be sure to use the AABBA pattern
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Must have five lines.
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Must be humorous
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Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme
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Lines 3, 4 rhyme
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Illustrate your poem(color pencils/crayons)
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Write one limerick poem that is about a family
member.
Illustrate
Acrostic Poems
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Your first acrostic poem will be about a polygon
of your choice.
Brainstorm all of the polygons you know.
Choose one and brainstorm at least 8 words that
describe this polygon.
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Write your rough draft
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Get a teacher to check it
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Log on to
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/int
eractives/acrostic/
Create/print your poem/illustrate
Shape Poem
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Choose a topic or thing.
Brainstorm a list of words that describes how
your topic looks, feels or acts.
Write your poem on paper. You must have at
least 5 lines.
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Read it to a friend.
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Get a teacher to check your spelling.
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Now re write your poem in the shape of the
object that you have chosen.
Alliteration Poem
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Brainstorm a list of things found in nature.
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Choose one topic to write about.
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Next, make a list of words that describe your
topic.
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How many words begin with the same letter?
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Write your rough draft. (at least 6 lines)
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You must have at least 4 examples of
alliteration in your poem.
Illustrate
Cinquain Poem
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A cinquain poem follows a special kind of pattern.
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Line 1: One word—the subject of the poem/noun
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Line 2: Two words describing the title/adjectives
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Line 3 Three words expressing action/telling what
the noun in line one does. Separate with commas.
Line 4: Four words that express feeling
Line 5: One word that is ANOTHER word for the
subject/title.
Write about your mother, a teacher or grandmother.
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Read to a friend/edit / Illustrate