Poetry WritingMonica Hendricks

Think-Pair-Share

Find a partner and discuss your feelings toward poetry

Discuss your experiences with poetry in school.

Was it a good experience? Or a bad experience?

How does your experiences you feel influence your attitudes toward poetry and your ability to teach poetry?

Formula Poems

I Am… PoemsStudents assume the role to a book character or historical figure and write a poem from that point of view.

Wish Poems

Preposition PoemsStudents begin each line of this poem with a preposition

Free Verse

Unrhymed poetry

Acrostic poemsThis could be used at the beginning of the year for students to introduce themselves.

Bilingual PoemsGreat utilization for your English Language Learners.

Concrete PoemsTagxedo

Poems for two voicesHalloween poem pg. 164

Syllable-and Word-Count Poems

HaikusJapanese poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines of 5-7-5.

Deals with nature

Ex: The mud feels slimy As it splashes through my toes

Making them vanish.

Rhymed Verse

Most common for students to read, but less likely for them to write.

Clerihews4 lined rhymed verse that describes a person.

Ex: John Wayne

is in the Cowboy Hall of Fame

In movies he shot his gun the best,

and that’s how he won the west.

Limericks

5 lined and follows the rhyme scheme: a-a-b-b-a.

Model Poems

Students write poems that model poems composed by adult poets.

Apology PoemsThese can be genuine or humorous apologies.

“If I Were in Charge of the World”Judy Viorst’s poem

InvitationsStudents invite someone to a magical, beautiful place

Model poem: “Come Unto These Yellow Sands” by: William Shakespeare

Poetic Devices

Alliteration

Comparison

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Repetition

Rhyme

Writing Poetry

Write a poem using one of the forms we have discussed. Pg. 156-168

Feelings toward poetry

How you are going to use poetry in the classroom.

Your experiences with poetry

How you want your students to feel about poetry in your classroom

BE CREATIVE!

Teaching Poetry Writing

Introductory ExperiencesMentor texts from well-known poets – Jack Prelutsky, Paul Janeczko

Include poems that don’t rhyme, uniquely formatted poems, and poetry that focuses on word or syllable count

Writer’s WorkshopWrite a collaborative poem as a class, then students can apply the same technique in their own writing of that form of poetry

Teaching Poetry Writing

TechnologyExplore the websites of well-known poets

Search the internet for poetry written by students of the same age

Word processing & publishing

Poetic DevicesRead mentor texts and have students identify devices used effectively in each poem

Create anchor charts for each device to remind students how each can be incorporated in their writing

Assessing Students’ Poetry

Rather than grading for quality, use these criteria:

Did the student apply the formula?

Did the student use the writing process correctly? (drafting, revising, editing)

Did the student incorporate a poetic device in the poem?

Create a rubric so that students can self-assess their progress in poetry writing

“Wolf” by Drew

I am a wolf.My name is Arrgo. I am the the leaderof my group. In the middle of the night we give a big roar. AAAWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!We see a hare going across the artic.

I am going for it.I catch it with a leap of fear!Now every night we catch our prey and wegive our roarin the middle of the night.AAAWWWOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! 

http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hickey/freeexamples.htm