Week 7 & 8
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
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to create images, or “paint pictures,” in your mind.
 Rhyme Scheme
 Alliteration
 Onomatopoeia
 Simile compares two things using the
Imagery & Sensory Detail:
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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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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
Idiom
Definition
Example
Comparison of 2
things using like or as
The emerald is as
green as grass.
The night is a big,
black cat.
Comparison of 2
things but does not
use like or as
Phrase that has a
figurative meaning
She’s pulling my
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
Idiom
Phrase that has a
figurative meaning
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 line 8 the poem
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
The poet uses this line to show that the
speaker is –
3.10/Fig 19D
Read lines 15 and 16 from the poem
The poet uses these lines to show-
3.10A
What it Looks Like on a
Test…
Which of these lines from the poem
rhyme?
3.6A
Why does the poet use the exclamation
points in the first stanza?
How does the speaker feel throughout the
poem?
Read the lines 17 and 18 from the poem.
These lines best support the idea that the
speaker-
3.6/Fig19D
"The Broken-Legg'd Man" by John Mackey Shaw
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.
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.
"Then where," I asked him, "is it? Did a tiger bite it off?
Or did you get your foot wet when you had a nasty cough?
Did someone jump down on your leg when it was very new?
Or did you simply cut it off because you wanted to?"
"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.
"What was it then?" I asked him, and this is what he said:
"I crossed a busy crossing when the traffic light was red;
A big black car came whizzing by and knocked me off my feet."
"Of course you looked both ways," I said, "before you crossed the street."
"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.
"They rushed me to the hospital right quickly, "he went on,
"And when I woke in nice white sheets I saw my leg was gone;
That's why you see me walking now on nothing but a crutch."
"I'm glad," said I, "you told me, and I thank you very much!"
"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.
For hours and hours they let it cook.
It swelled inside till the windows shook.
It was piping hot when they took it out,
And the villagers raised a mighty shout.
"Isn't it crusty, Aren't we clever!"
But the wasps were just as bad as ever.
The loaf was left to cool, and then
TI1e people watched while six strong men
Took a great big saw and sliced right through.
Everybody clapped, and they cut slice two.
Think Aloud
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wonder how they are
going to get the bread
to Farmer Seed's field?
Maybe they will put it on
a truck.
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The village bus, they all agreed,
Would spoil the fields of Farmer Seed,
So eight fine horses pulled the bread
To where the picnic cloth was spread.2
A truck drew up and dumped out butter,
And they spread it out with a flap and a flutter.
Spoons and spades! Slap and slam!
And they did the same with the strawberry jam.
Meanwhile, high above the field,
Six flying machines whirred and wheeled,
Ready for the wasps to take the bait.
And then there was nothing to do but wait.
Suddenly the sky was humming!
All four million wasps were coming!
They smelled that jam, they dived and struck!
And they ate so much that they all got stuck.
The other slice came down-kersplat!On top of the wasps, and that was that.
There were only three that got away,
And where they are now I cannot say.
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Poetry Elements: Rhythm and Sound Effects
Sound
Effect
Rhyme
Scheme
Alliteration Onomatopoeia
The pattern of
rhyme that the
poet uses
The repetition of
the first consonant
sound in words, as
in the nursery
rhyme “Peter Piper
picked a peck of
pickled peppers.”
Definition
Words that represent the
actual sound of
something are words of
onomatopoeia. Thunder
“booms,” rain “drips,”
and the clock “ticks.”
Appeals to the sense of
sound.
AABB Rhyme Scheme
Snow makes whiteness where it falls. A
The bushes look like popcorn balls. A
And places where I always play,
B
Look like somewhere else today.
B
Example
ABAB Rhyme Scheme
I love noodles. Give me oodles.
Make a mound up to the sun.
Noodles are my favorite foodles.
I eat noodles by the ton.
A
B
A
B
ABBA Rhyme Scheme
Let me fetch sticks,
Let me fetch stones,
Throw me your bones,
Teach me your tricks.
A
B
B
A
I jiggled it
jaggled it
jerked it.
I pushed
and pulled
and poked it.
But –
As soon as I stopped,
And left it alone
This tooth came out
On its very own!
Scrunch, scrunch, scrunch.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Frozen snow and brittle ice
Make a winter sound that’s nice
Underneath my stamping feet
And the cars along the street.
Scrunch, scrunch, scrunch.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Poetry Elements: Rhythm and Sound Effects
Sound
Effect
Definition
Rhyme
Scheme
Alliteration Onomatopoeia
The pattern of
rhyme that the
poet uses
The repetition of
the first consonant
sound in words, as
in the nursery
rhyme “Peter Piper
picked a peck of
pickled peppers.”
Words that represent the
actual sound of
something are words of
onomatopoeia. Thunder
“booms,” rain “drips,”
and the clock “ticks.”
Appeals to the sense of
sound.
Example
Canoeing
Adapted from STAAR Ready
The river water, smooth as glass, stretches on ahead,
I might almost be asleep,
Floating on a cloud, drifting lazily down the river.
But suddenly a roar; rapids are all around me.
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The calm river, now furious, thrashes like an angry animal.
Now, my paddle slices through the boiling water like a knife,
And I lead my canoe back into still waters.
The Clock
Adapted from STAAR Ready
Tick tock! Tick tock! The second hand beat.
I looked at the clock and I wiggled my feet.
“The time!” I thought. “It’s going away fast,”
And just in that time, ten more seconds passed.
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On this spelling test, I thought I’d do well,
But, Mississippi was really hard to spell!
Mary’s Great Fright!
Adapted from STAAR Ready
I once knew a young man named Bobby,
who had a very unsusal hobby.
On his shelf he had jars
filled with bugs from the car’s
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windshields where he’d found them all blobby.
We all liked Mary, his wife,
whose mind was as sharp as a knife.
But one summer’s night
she had such a fright:
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Bobby’s bugs all came back to life!
Oh, how loud Mary screamed,
Her voice a siren beamed
so loud it woke neighbors both big and small.
But when her eyes opened, she realized it all
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was just something crazy she dreamed.
Bed in Summer
By Robert Louis Stevenson
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candlelight
In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
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I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people’s feet
Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you,
10 When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?