Thursday, March 5

Get out your Poetry Packet & open it to the Visual Dictionary (page 4). Fill out your visual dictionary using pictures, definitions, or examples for the following words: line, stanza, verse, repetition

Objectives: Today I will read and draft synonym poems and diamante poems.

Homework: 

• Finish drafting today's poems if you do not finish in class
• Last day to turn in late work is March 13th

Agenda: 

• Share your poems!
  • ​Share your limericks & cinquains with your table group.
  • Which type of poem have you enjoyed the most so far? Why?
  • Volunteers to share their poems with the class?
• Synonyms: words or phrases that mean the same thing
• Synonym Poems (page 10)
  • ​Poems that focus on the synonyms and descriptive phrases for a chosen word 

• Steps for writing a Synonym Poem:

1. ​Choose a word that is not a proper noun (name of a specific person/place, like Taylor Swift or Maywood Middle School).
2. Write the word in all capital letters for line 1. Ex. LOVE
3. Find 3-5 synonyms in a thesaurus. 
4. Write the synonyms on line 2. Ex. Attachment, adoration, warmth, adore.
5. On line 3, write a descriptive phrase about the word. Ex. Love is so pure right down to the core.
6. Lines 2 and 3 should rhyme. Ex. Adore & Core

• ​Now you try!
  • ​Use a thesaurus (or your brain) to determine synonyms (words that mean the same thing) for your word of choice.
  • Then, choose a descriptive phrase that relates to your word.
  • Remember to rhyme lines 2 & 3!
• Parts of Speech Review: (page 11)
  • ​Noun: A person, place, or thing
    • ​Child, school, book
  • Verb: An action word
    • ​Study, run, fly, yawn
  • Adjective: A word describing a noun
    • ​wild, boring, orange
  • Adverb: A word describing a verb, adjective, or other adverb
    • ​Usually ends in -ly
    • Explains how something is done
    • Quickly, carefully, very
• Diamante Poems: (page 11)
  • ​Poems shaped like diamonds that begin describing one noun and gradually describe something opposite to where you began

• Now you try!
  • ​Use the template in your packet to guide you
    
  • Choose a noun to begin your diamante (think about things you can describe using sensory language)
    
  • Then, determine a noun that means the opposite
    

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